We study existence of solutions for a boundary degenerate (or singular) quasilinear equation in a smooth bounded domain under Dirichlet boundary conditions. We consider a weighted $p-${L}aplacian operator with a coefficient that is {locally bounded inside the domain and satisfying certain additional integrability assumptions}. Our main result applies for boundary value problems involving continuous non-linearities having no growth restriction, but provided the existence of a sub and a supersolution is guaranteed. As an application, we present an existence result for a boundary value pro\-blem with a non-linearity $f(u)$ satisfying $f(0) \leq 0$ and having $(p-1)-$sublinear growth at infinity.
We consider a class of quasi-linear anisotropic elliptic equations, possibly degenerate or singular, which are of interest in several applications such as computer vision and continuum mechanics. We prove a Hopf Lemma as well as local and global regularity estimates for positive solutions, generalizing previous results known in the context of p-Laplacian equations.
In this paper we derive the Pohozaev identity for quasilinear equations \begin{equation}\tag{$E$}\label{eq:p} -\operatorname{div}(B'(H(\nabla u))\nabla H(\nabla u))=g(x, u) \quad \text {in}\,\, Ω, \end{equation} involving the anisotropic Finsler operator $-\operatorname{div}(B'(H(\nabla u))\nabla H(\nabla u))$. In particular, by means of fine regularity results on the vectorial field $B'(H(\nabla u))\nabla H(\nabla u)$, we prove the identity for weak solutions and in a direct way.
We consider inhomogeneous $p$-Laplace type equations of the form $-\mathrm{div}\left(a(\nabla u)\right)=f$ in a possibly anisotropic setting. Under general assumptions on the source term $f$, we obtain quantitative Sobolev regularity results for the stress field $a(\nabla u)$ and weighted $L^2$ estimates for the Hessian of the solution. As far as we know, our results are new or refine the ones available in literature also when restricted to the Euclidean setting.
We announce some new results for proving Hölder continuity of weak solutions to quasilinear parabolic equations whose prototype takes the form $$u_t - div (|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)= 0 \qquad \text{or} \qquad u_t - div (|u_{x_1}|^{p_1-2}u_{x_1},|u_{x_2}|^{p_2-2}u_{x_2},\ldots |u_{x_N}|^{p_N-2}u_{x_N})=0$$ and $1<\{p_1,p_2,\ldots,p_N\}<\infty$. We develop a new technique which is independent of the "method of intrinsic scaling" developed by E.DiBenedetto in the degenerate case ($p\geq 2$) and E.DiBenedetto and Y.Z.Chen in the singular case ($p\leq 2$) and instead uses a new and elementary linea…
In this paper we obtain comparison results for the quasilinear equation $-Δ_{p,x} u - u_{yy} = f$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions by Steiner rearrangement in variable $x$, thus solving a long open problem. In fact, we study a broader class of anisotropic problems. Our approach is based on a finite-differences discretization in $y$, and the proof of a comparison principle for the discrete version of the auxiliary problem $A U - U_{yy} \le \int_0^s f^*$, where $AU = (nω^{1/n}s^{1/n'} )^p (- U_{ss})^{p-1}$. We show that this operator is T-accretive in $L^\infty$. We extend our resu…
The Calderón Problem for Quasilinear Conductivities of Conformally Transversally Anisotropic Media
Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University(复旦大学上海数学中心);Center for Applied Mathematics, Fudan University(复旦大学应用数学中心);School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University(复旦大学数学科学学院)
We establish global existence in 3+1 dimensions of small-amplitude solutions of quasilinear Dirichlet-wave equations satisfying the null condition outside of star-shapped obstacles.
Existence and non-existence results are established for quasilinear elliptic problems with nonlinear boundary conditions and lack of compactness. The proofs combine variational methods with the geometrical feature, due to the competition between the different growths of the non-linearities.
Bounded smooth solutions of the Dirichlet and Neumann problems for a wide variety of quasilinear parabolic equations, including graphical anisotropic mean curvature flows, have gradient bounded in terms of oscillation and elapsed time.
In this paper I prove the existence of a positive stationary solution for a generic quasilinear model of structured population. The existence is proved using Schauder's fixed point theorem. The theorem is applied to a hierarchically size-structured population model.
In this paper, we provide a direct approach to the existence and uniqueness of strong (in the probabilistic sense) and weak (in the PDE sense) solutions to quasilinear stochastic partial differential equations, which are neither monotone nor locally monotone.
Locally bounded, local weak solutions to a special class of quasilinear, anisotropic, $p$-Laplacian type elliptic equations, are shown to be locally Hölder continuous. Homogeneous local upper bounds are established for local weak solutions to a general class of quasilinear anisotropic equations.
This article sets forth results on the existence, positivity and boundedness of solutions for quasilinear elliptic systems involving p-Laplacian and q-Laplacian operators. The approach combines Schaefer's fixed point, comparison principle as well as Moser's iteration procedure.
In this paper, existence and localization results of $C^1$-solutions to elliptic Dirichlet boundary value problems are established. The approach is based on the nonlinear alternative of Leray-Schauder.
We prove that, unlike in several space dimensions, there is no critical (nonlinear) diffusion coefficient for which solutions to the one dimensional quasilinear Smoluchowski-Poisson equation with small mass exist globally while finite time blowup could occur for solutions with large mass.
In this paper, we prove the global existence for some 4-D quasilinear wave equations with small, radial data in $H^{3}\times H^{2}$. The main idea is to exploit local energy estimates with variable coefficients, together with the trace estimates.
The existence of entire solutions to quasilinear elliptic systems exhibiting both singular and convective reaction terms is discussed. An auxiliary problem, obtained by `freezing' the convection terms and `shifting' the singular ones, is first solved. Then, a priori estimates, fixed point arguments, nonlinear regularity, compactness results concerning the gradient terms, besides a regularization-localization procedure, yield the existence of a weak solution to the problem.
Some qualitative and quantitative properties of weak solutions to mixed anisotropic and nonlocal quasilinear elliptic and doubly nonlinear parabolic equations
This paper is devoted to the existence and non-existence of positive solutions for a $(p, q)$-Laplacian system with indefinite nonlinearity depending on two parameters $(λ,μ)$. By using the sub-supersolution method together with adaptations of ideas found in \cite{AAS,CRMZ}, we extend some previous result.
We study a boundary-value quasilinear elliptic problem on a generic time scale. Making use of the fixed-point index theory, sufficient conditions are given to obtain existence, multiplicity, and infinite solvability of positive solutions.
We prove global existence for quasilinear wave equations outside of a wide class of obstacles. The obstacles may contain trapped hyperbolic rays as long as there is local exponential energy decay for the associated linear wave equation. Thus, we can handle all non-trapping obstacles. We are also able to handle non-diagonal systems satisfying the appropriate null condition.
In a very general quasilinear setting, we show that the regularizing effect of a first order term causes the existence of energy solutions for problems involving the Hardy potential and $L^1$ data. In the same setting we study sharp (local and global) integral estimates for the second derivatives of the solutions.
We consider a quasilinear PDE system which models nonlinear vibrations of a thermoelastic plate defined on a bounded domain in R^n. Well-posedness of solutions reconstructing maximal parabolic regularity in nonlinear thermoelastic plates is established. In addition, exponential decay rates for strong solutions are also shown.
This article sets forth results on the existence, a priori estimates and boundedness of positive solutions of a singular quasilinear systems of elliptic equations involving variable exponents. The approach is based on Schauder's fixed point Theorem. A Moser iteration procedure is also obtained for singular cooperative systems involving variable exponents establishing a priori estimates and boundedness of solutions.
Mountain pass in a suitable Orlicz space is employed to prove the existence of soliton solutions for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation involving critical exponent in ${\BR}^N$. These equations contain strongly singular nonlinearities which include derivatives of the second order. Such equations have been studied as models of several physical phenomena. The nonlinearity here corresponds to the superfluid film equation in plasma physics.
In this paper we prove the existence of multiple solutions for a quasilinear elliptic boundary value problem, when the p-derivative at zero and the p-derivative at infinity of the nonlinearity are greater than the first eigenvalue of the p-Laplace operator. Our proof uses bifurcation from infinity and bifurcation from zero to prove the existence of unbounded branches of positive solutions (resp. of negative solutions). We show the existence of multiple solutions and we provide qualitative properties of these solutions.
We prove an existence result for a quasilinear elliptic equation satisfying natural growth conditions. As a consequence, we deduce an existence result for a quasilinear elliptic equation containing a singular drift. A key tool, in the proof, is the study of an auxiliary variational inequality playing the role of "natural constraint"
We consider a quasilinear KdV equation that admits compactly supported traveling wave solutions (compactons). This model is one of the most straightforward instances of degenerate dispersion, a phenomenon that appears in a variety of physical settings as diverse as sedimentation, magma dynamics and shallow water waves. We prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions with sufficiently smooth, spatially localized initial data.
We discuss the existence and uniqueness of the weak solution of the following quasilinear parabolic equation $u_t-Δ_{p(x)}u = f(x,u)$ in $ (0,T)\timesΩ$; $u = 0$ on $(0,T)\times\partialΩ$; $u(0,x)=u_0(x)$ in $Ω$; involving the $p(x)$-Laplacian operator. Next, we discuss the global behaviour of solutions and in particular some stabilization properties.
In this paper, we establish existence and multiplicity of solutions for the following class of quasilinear field equation $$ -Δu+V(x)u-Δ_{p}u+W'(u)=0, \,\,\, \mbox{in} \,\,\, \mathbb{R}^{N}, \eqno{(P)} $$ where $u=(u_1,u_2,...,u_{N+1})$, $p>N \geq 2$, $W$ is a singular function and $V$ is a positive continuous function.
This paper is concerned with the quasilinear Schrödinger equation \begin{equation*} -Δu+V(x)u- Δ(u^2)u =h(u), \ \ \mbox{in} \ \mathbb{R}^N, \end{equation*} where $N\geq 3$. Under appropriate assumptions on $V$ and $h$, we establish the existence of positive solutions. The main novelty is that, unlike most other papers on this problem, we do not assume $h$ is 4-superlinear at infinity.
We establish existence with sharp rates of decay and distance from the Chapman--Enskog approximation of small-amplitude quasilinear relaxation shocks in the general case that the profile ODE may become degenerate. Our method of analysis follows the general approach used by Métivier and Zumbrun in the semilinear case, based on Chapman--Enskog expansion and the macro--micro decomposition of Liu and Yu. In the quasilinear case, however, we find it necessary to apply a parameter-dependent Nash-Moser iteration to close the analysis, whereas, in the semilinear case, a simple contraction-mapping argu…
We study long time existence for high dimensional quasilinear wave equations exterior to star-shaped obstacles. In particular, we obtain exterior domain analogs of the four dimensional results of Hörmander where the nonlinearity is permitted to depend on the solution not just its first and second derivatives. Previous proofs in exterior domains omitted this dependence as it did not mesh well with the energy methods in use.
In the present paper we deal with a quasilinear problem involving a singular term and a parametric superlinear perturbation. We are interested in the existence, nonexistence and multiplicity of positive solutions as the parameter $λ>0$ varies. In our first result, the superlinear perturbation has an arbitrary growth and we obtain the existence of a solution for the problem by using the sub-supersolution method. For the second result, the superlinear perturbation has subcritical growth and we employ the Mountain Pass Theorem to show the existence of a second solution.
In this paper we prove global existence for certain multispeed Dirichlet-wave equations with quadratic nonlinearities outside of obstacles. We assume the natural null condition for systems of quasilinear wave equations with multiple speeds. The null condition only puts restrictions on the self-interactions of each wave family. We use the method of commuting vector fields and weighted space-time $L^2$ estimates.
The aim of this work is to establish the existence of multi-peak solutions for the following class of quasilinear problems \[ - \mbox{div}\big(ε^{2}ϕ(ε|\nabla u|)\nabla u\big) + V(x)ϕ(| u|)u = f(u)\quad \mbox{in} \quad \mathbb{R}^{N}, \] where $ε$ is a positive parameter, $ N\geq 2$, $V, f$ are continuous functions satisfying some technical conditions and $ϕ$ is a $C^{1}$-function.
In this article we study the quasilinear wave equation $\Box_{g(u, t, x)} u = 0$ where the metric $g(u, t, x)$ is close to the Schwarzschild metric. Under suitable assumptions of the metric coefficients, and assuming that the initial data for $u$ is small enough, we prove global existence of the solution. The main technical result of the paper is a local energy estimate for the linear wave equation on metrics with slow decay to the Schwarzschild metric.
We study a class of linearly coupled system of quasilinear equations. Under some assumptions on the nonlinear terms, we establish some results about the existence and regularity of vector solutions for the p-Laplacian systems by using variational methods. In particular, we get two pairs of nontrivial solutions. We also study their different asymptotic behavior of solutions as the coupling parameter tends to zero.
In this paper, we prove almost global existence of solutions to certain quasilinear wave equations with quadratic nonlinearities in infinite homogeneous waveguides with Neumann boundary conditions. We use a Galerkin method to expand the Laplacian of the compact base in terms of its eigenfunctions. For those terms corresponding to zero modes, we obtain decay using analogs of estimates of Klainerman and Sideris. For the nonzero modes, estimates for Klein-Gordon equations, which provide better decay, are available.
This paper deals with an existence and uniqueness result of the weak solution for a quasilinear elliptic PDE with nonlinear Robin boundary conditions.This problem is defined on a domain whose boundary is the union of two disjoint surfaces.where a Dirichelet condition is prescribed on the exterior boundary and a nonlinear Robin condition on the interior one.To achieve that, we use the theory of monotone operators
We prove the existence of solitary wave solutions to the quasilinear Benney system $$iu_{t}+u_{xx}=a|u|^pu+uv,\quad v_t+f(v)_x=(|u|^2)_x$$ where $f(v)=-γv^3$, $-1<p<+\infty$ and $a,γ>0$. We establish, in particular, the existence of travelling waves with speed arbitrary large if $p<0$ and arbitrary close to $0$ if $p>\frac 23$. We also show the existence of standing waves in the case $-1<p\leq \frac 23$, with compact support if $-1<p<0$.\\ Finally, we obtain, under certain conditions, the linearized stability of such solutions.
We study global existence and decay estimates for quasilinear wave equations with dissipative terms in the Sobolev space $H^L \times H^{L-1}$, where $L \geq [d/2]+3$. The linear dissipative terms depend on space variable coefficient, and these terms may vanish in some compact region. For the proof of global existence, we need estimates of higher order energies. To control derivatives of the dissipative coefficient, we introduce an argument using the rescaling. Furthermore we get the decay estimates with additional assumptions on the initial data. To obtain the decay estimates, the rescaling ar…
We classify positive solutions to a class of quasilinear equations with Neumann or Robin boundary conditions in convex domains. Our main tool is an integral formula involving the trace of some relevant quantities for the problem. Under a suitable condition on the nonlinearity, a relevant consequence of our results is that we can extend to weak solutions a celebrated result obtained for stable solutions by Casten and Holland and by Matano.
We explore the global existence of solutions to systems of quasilinear wave equations satisfying the null condition when the initial data are sufficiently small. We adapt an approach of Keel, Smith, and Sogge, which relies on integrated local energy estimates and a weighted Sobolev estimate that yields decay in $|x|$, by using the $r^p$-weighted local energy estimates of Dafermos and Rodnianski. One advantage of this approach is that all time-dependent vector fields can be avoided and the proof can be readily adapted to address wave equations exterior to star-shaped obstacles.
In this paper, we prove existence of \emph{very weak solutions} to nonhomogeneous quasilinear parabolic equations beyond the duality pairing. The main ingredients are a priori esitmates in suitable weighted spaces combined with the compactness argument developed in \cite{bulicek2018well}. In order to obtain the a priori estimates, we make use of the full Calderón-Zygmund machinery developed in the past few years and combine it with some sharp bounds for the subclass of Muckenhoupt weights considered in this paper.