In this paper, we study the existence of multiple solutions to a generalized $p(\cdot)$-Laplace equation with two parameters involving critical growth. More precisely, we give sufficient "local" conditions, which mean that growths between the main operator and nonlinear term are locally assumed for the cases $p(\cdot)$-sublinear, $p(\cdot)$-superlinear, and sandwich-type. Compared to constant exponent problems (for examples, $p$-Laplacian and $(p,q)$-Laplacian), this characterizes the study of variable exponent problems. We show this by applying variants of the Mountain Pass Theorem for $p(\cdot)$-sublinear and $p(\cdot)$-superlinear cases and constructing critical values defined by a minimax argument in the genus theory for sandwich-type case. Moreover, we also obtain a nontrivial nonnegative solution for sandwich-type case changing a role of parameters. Our work is a generalization of several existing works in the literature.
This paper establishes existence of solutions for a partial differential equation in which a differential operator involving variable exponent growth conditions is present. This operator represents a generalization of the $p(\cdot)$-Laplace operator, i.e. $Δ_{p(\cdot)}u={\rm div}(|\nabla u|^{p(\cdot)-2}\nabla u)$, where $p(\cdot)$ is a continuous function. The proof of the main result is based on Schauder's fixed point theorem combined with adequate variational arguments. The function space setting used here makes appeal to the variable exponent Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces.
We consider perturbed eigenvalue problems of the 1-Laplace operator and verify the existence of a sequence of solutions. It is shown that the eigenvalues of the perturbed problem converge to the corresponding eigenvalue of the unperturbed problem as the perturbation becomes small. The results rely on nonsmooth critical point theory based on the weak slope.
In this paper we prove a concentration result and an error estimate for a model of heat conduction in composite materials having a microscopic structure arranged in a perodic array and thermally active membranes separating the heat conductive phases.
In this paper, we analyze an eigenvalue problem for nonlinear elliptic operators involving homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions in a open smooth bounded domain. We prove bifurcation results from trivial solutions and from infinity for the considered nonlinear eigenvalue problem. We also show the existence of multiple solutions of the nonlinear problem using variational methods.
We establish some existence results for Schrödinger $p(x)$-Laplace equations in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with various potentials and critical growth of nonlinearity that may occur on some nonempty set, although not necessarily the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$. The proofs are mainly based on concentration-compactness principles in a suitable weighted variable exponent Sobolev space and its imbeddings.
We present a new proof for the equivalence of potential theoretic weak solutions and viscosity solutions to the $\texttt{p}(\cdot)$-Laplace equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The proof of the equivalence in the variable exponent case in Euclidean space was first given by Juutinen, Lukkari, and Parviainen (2010) and extended the equivalence of potential theoretic weak solutions and viscosity solutions to the $\texttt{p}$-Laplace equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$, given by Juutinen, Lindqvist, and Manfredi (2001). In both the fixed exponent case and the variable exponent case, the main argument is based on th…
In this work we use variational methods to prove results on existence and concentration of solutions to a problem in $\mathbb{R}^N$ involving the $1-$Laplacian operator. A thorough analysis on the energy functional defined in the space of functions of bounded variation $BV(\mathbb{R}^N)$ is necessary, where the lack of compactness is overcome by using the Concentration of Compactness Principle of Lions.
We study a concentration and homogenization problem modelling electrical conduction in a composite material. The novelty of the problem is due to the specific scaling of the physical quantities characterizing the dielectric component of the composite. This leads to the appearance of a peculiar displacement current governed by a Laplace-Beltrami pseudo-parabolic equation. This pseudo-parabolic character is present also in the homogenized equation, which is obtained by the unfolding technique.
We analyze the interior controllability problem for a nonlocal Schrödinger equation involving the fractional Laplace operator $(-Δ)^s$, $s\in(0,1)$, on a bounded $C^{1,1}$ domain $Ω\subset\mathbb{R}^n$. The controllability from a neighborhood of the boundary of the domain is obtained for exponents $s$ in the interval $[1/2,1)$, while for $s<1/2$ the equation is shown to be not controllable. The results follow applying the multiplier method, joint with a Pohozaev-type identity for the fractional Laplacian, and from an explicit computation of the spectrum of the operator in the one-dimensional c…
We obtain the inequality $$\int_Ω|\nabla u(x)|^ph(u(x))dx\leq C(n,p)\int_Ω \left( \sqrt{ |Δu(x)||{\cal T}_{h,C}(u(x))|}\right)^{p}h(u(x))dx,$$ where $Ω\subset \mathbf{R}^n$ is a bounded Lipschitz domain, $u\in W^{2,1}_{loc}(Ω)$ is postive and obeys some additional assumptions, $Δu$ is the Laplace operator, ${\cal T}_{h,C}(\cdot )$ is certain transformation of the continuous function $h(\cdot)$. We also explain how to apply such inequality to deduce regularity for solutions of nonlinear eigenvalue problems of elliptic type for degenerated PDEs, with the illustration within the model of electros…
We study if two different solutions of the $p$-Laplace equation $$\nabla\cdot(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)=0,$$ where $1<p<\infty$, can coincide in an open subset of their common domain of definition. We obtain some partial results on this interesting problem.
We establish a concentration-compactness principle for the Sobolev space $W^{2,p(\cdot)}(Ω)\cap W_0^{1,p(\cdot)}(Ω)$ that is a tool for overcoming the lack of compactness of the critical Sobolev imbedding. Using this result we obtain several existence and multiplicity results for a class of Kirchhoff type problems involving $p(\cdot)$-biharmonic operator and critical growth.
In this manuscript, we will study the asymptotic behavior for a class of nonlocal diffusion equations associated with the weighted fractional $\wp(\cdot)-$Laplacian operator involving constant/variable exponent. In the case of constant exponents, under some appropriate conditions, we will study the existence of solutions and asymptotic behavior of solutions by employing the subdifferential approach and we will study the problem when $\wp$ goes to $\infty$. Already, for case the weighted fractional $\wp(\cdot)$-Laplacian operator, we will also study the asymptotic behavior of the problem soluti…
We obtain fundamental imbeddings for the fractional Sobolev space with variable exponent that is a generalization of well-known fractional Sobolev spaces. As an application, we obtain a-priori bounds and multiplicity of solutions to some nonlinear elliptic problems involving the fractional $p(\cdot)$-Laplacian.
In this paper we prove a strong comparison principle for radially decreasing solutions $u,v\in C_{0}^{1,α}(\Bar{B_R})$ of the singular equations $-Δ_p u-\frac{1}{u^δ}=f(x)$ and $-Δ_p v-\frac{1}{v^δ}=g(x)$ in $B_R$. Here we assume that $ 1<p<2 , \; δ\in (0,1)$ and $f,g$ are continuous, radial functions such that $0 \leq f \leq g$ but $f\not \equiv g$ in $B_R.$ For the case $p>2$ a counterexample is provided where the strong comparison principle is violated. As an application of strong comparison principle, we prove a three solution theorem for p-Laplace equation and illustrate with an example.
In this article we study the existence of weak solution, existence of ground state solution using Nehari manifold and existence of infinitely many solutions using Fountain theorem and Dual fountain theorem for a class of doubly nonlocal Kirchhoff-Choquard type equations involving the variable-order fractional $p(\cdot)-$ Laplacian operator. Here the nonlinearity does not satisfy the well known Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz type condition.
In this work we study the existence of solutions $u \in W^{1,p}_0(Ω)$ to the implicit elliptic problem $ f(x, u, \nabla u, Δ_p u)= 0$ in $ Ω$, where $ Ω$ is a bounded domain in $ \mathbb R^N $, $ N \ge 2 $, with smooth boundary $ \partial Ω$, $ 1< p< +\infty $, and $ f\colon Ω\times \mathbb R \times \mathbb R^N \times \R \to \R $. We choose the particular case when the function $ f $ can be expressed in the form $ f(x, z, w, y)= φ(x, z, w)- ψ(y) $, where the function $ ψ$ depends only on the $p$-Laplacian $ Δ_p u $. We also present some applications of our results.
In this paper, we obtain local Hölder regularity for bounded, weak solutions to the anisotropic $p$-Laplace equation whose prototype structure is given by $$ \sum_{i=1}^N (|u_{x_i}|^{p_i-2}u_{x_i})_{x_i}=0,$$ where $1 < p_1 \leq p_2 \leq \cdots \leq p_N < \infty$. Under an additional assumption that double truncates of the solution are sub/super solution, we obtain Hölder regularity for the anisotropic equation.
By means of a recent variational technique, we prove the existence of radially monotone solutions to a class of nonlinear problems involving the $p$-Laplace operator. No subcriticality condition (in the sense of Sobolev spaces) is required.
We consider weak non-negative solutions to the critical $p$-Laplace equation in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $-Δ_p u =u^{p^*-1}$ in the singular case $1<p<2$. We prove that if the nonlinearity is locally Lipschitz continuous, namely $p^*\geqslant2$ then all the solutions in ${\mathcal D}^{1,p}(\R^N)$ are radial (and radially decreasing) about some point.
We study Hölder continuity for solutions of the $p$-Laplace equation. This is established through a method involving an ordinary differential inequality, in contrast to the classical proof of the De Giorgi-Nash-Moser Theorem which uses iteration of an inequality through concentric balls.
In this paper we study weighted singular $p$-Laplace equations involving a bounded weight function which can be discontinuous. Due to its discontinuity classical regularity results cannot be applied. Based on Nehari manifolds we prove the existence of at least two positive bounded solutions of such problems.
We extend to the case of a system involving p-Laplacians, the monotonicity and symmetry results of Damascelli and Pacella obtained in the case of a scalar p-Laplace equation with $1<p<2$. For this purpose, we use the moving hyperplanes method and we suppose that the right hand sides are increasing and locally Lipschitz continuous.
We consider one-dimensional Calderón's problem for the variable exponent $p(\cdot)$-Laplace equation and find out that more can be seen than in the constant exponent case. The problem is to recover an unknown weight (conductivity) in the weighted $p(\cdot)$-Laplace equation from Dirichlet and Neumann data of solutions. We give a constructive and local uniqueness proof for conductivities in $L^\infty$ restricted to the coarsest sigma-algebra that makes the exponent $p(\cdot)$ measurable.
Perron's method and Wiener's criterion have entirely solved the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation. Since then, this approach has attracted the attention of many mathematicians for applying these ideas in the more general equations. So, in this paper, we extend the Perron method and the Wiener criterion to the $G(\cdot)$-Laplace equation.
The existence of a nontrivial solution is proved for a class of quasilinear elliptic equations involving, as principal part, either the p-Laplace operator or the operator related to the p-area functional, and a nonlinearity with p-linear growth at infinity. To this aim, Morse theory techniques are combined with critical groups estimates.
This paper is devoted to considering the following Hardy-Sobolev inequality \[ \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|\nabla u|^p \mathrm{d}x \geq \mathcal{S}_β\left(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}\frac{|u|^{p^*_β}}{|x|^β} \mathrm{d}x\right)^\frac{p}{p^*_β},\quad \forall u\in C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^N), \] for some constant $\mathcal{S}_β>0$, where $1<p<N$, $0\leq β<p$, $p^*_β=\frac{p(N-β)}{N-p}$. Firstly, since this problem involves quasilinear operator, we need to establish a compact embedding theorem for some suitable weighted spaces. Moreover, due to the Hardy term $|x|^{-β}$, some new estimates are established. Based on …
We study the set of critical points of a solution to $Δu = λ\cdot u$ and in particular components of the critical set that have codimension 1. We show, for example, that if a second Neumann eigenfunction of a simply connected polygon $P$ has infinitely many critical points, then $P$ is a rectangle.
We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of some semilinear elliptic boundary value problems involving the Laplace operator with linear and nonlinear highest order boundary conditions involving the Laplace-Beltrami operator.
We consider radial solutions of an elliptic equation involving the p-Laplace operator and prove by a shooting method the existence of compactly supported solutions with any prescribed number of nodes. The method is based on a change of variables in the phase plane corresponding to an asymptotic Hamiltonian system and provides qualitative properties of the solutions.
We establish the existence of ground states on Euclidean space for the Laplace operator involving the Hardy type potential. This gives rise to the existence of the principal eigenfunctions for the Laplace operator involving weighted Hardy potentials. We also obtain a higher integrability property for the principal eigenfunction. This is used to examine the behaviour of the principal eigenfunction around 0.
The purpose of this paper is to study nonlinear singular parabolic equations with $p(x)$- Laplacian. Precisely, we consider the following problem and discuss the existence of a non-negative weak solution. \begin{align*} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}-Δ_{p(x)}u&=λu^{q(x)-1} + u^{-δ(x)}g+ f&&\text{in}~Q_T, u&= 0&&\text{on}~Σ_T, u(0,\cdot)&=u_0(\cdot)&&\text{in}~Ω\nonumber. \end{align*} Here $Q_T=Ω\times(0,T)$, $Σ_T=\partialΩ\times(0,T)$, $Ω$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$ ($N\geq 2$) with Lipschitz continuous boundary $\partialΩ$, $λ\in(0,\infty)$, $f\in L^1(Q_T)$, $g\in L^\infty(Ω)$, $u_0…
We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a BMO solution to the quasilinear equation $-Δ_{p} u = μ$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $u\ge 0$, where $μ$ is a locally finite Radon measure, and $Δ_{p}u= \text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)$ is the $p$-Laplacian ($p>1$). We also characterize BMO solutions to equations $-Δ_{p} u = σu^{q} + μ$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $u\ge 0$, with $q>0$, where both $μ$ and $σ$ are locally finite Radon measures. Our main results hold for a class of more general quasilinear operators ${\rm div}(\mathcal{A}(x, \nabla \cdot))$ in place of $Δ_{p}$.
We obtain new concavity results, up to a suitable transformation, for a class of quasi-linear equations in a convex domain involving the $p$-Laplace operator and a general nonlinearity satisfying concavity type assumptions. This provides an extension of results previously known in the literature only for the torsion and the eigenfunction equations. In the semilinear case $p = 2$ the results are already new since they include new admissible nonlinearities.
We study the following singular problem involving the p$(x)$-Laplace operator $Δ_{p(x)}u= div(|\nabla u|^{p(x)-2}\nabla u)$, where $p(x)$ is a nonconstant continuous function, \begin{equation} \nonumber {(\rm P_λ)} \left\{\begin{aligned} - Δ_{p(x)} u & = a(x)|u|^{q(x)-2}u(x)+ \frac{λb(x)}{u^{δ(x)}} \quad\mbox{in}\,Ω,\\ u &>0 \quad\mbox{in}\,Ω, \\ u & =0 \quad\mbox{on}\,\partialΩ.\end{aligned} \right. \end{equation} Here, $Ω$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N\geq2}$ with $C^2$-boundary, $λ$ is a positive parameter, $a(x), b(x) \in C(\overlineΩ)$ are positive weight functions with compact su…
We prove the non-degeneracy of the extremals of the Sobolev inequality $$\int\limits_{\mathbb R^N}|\nabla u|^pdx\ge \mathcal S_p\int\limits_{\mathbb R^N}|u|^{Np\over N-p}dx,\ u\in \mathcal D^{1,p}(\mathbb R^N)$$ when $1<p<N,$ as solutions of a critical quasilinear equation involving the $p-$Laplacian.
For a class of quasilinear elliptic equations involving the p-Laplace operator, we develop an abstract critical point theory in the presence of sub-supersolutions. Our approach is based upon the proof of the invariance under the gradient flow of enlarged cones in the $W^{1,p}_0$ topology. With this, we prove abstract existence and multiplicity theorems in the presence of variously ordered pairs of sub-supersolutions. As an application, we provide a four solutions theorem, one of the solutions being sign-changing.
The manufacturing of crystal films lies at the heart of modern nanotechnology. How to accurately predict the motion of a crystal surface is of fundamental importance. Many continuum models have been developed for this purpose, including a number of PDE models, which are often obtained as the continuum limit of a family of kinetic Monte Carlo models of crystal surface relaxation that includes both the solid-on-solid and discrete Gaussian models. In this paper we offer an analytical perspective into some of these models. To be specific, we study the existence of a weak solution to the boundary v…
In this paper we deal with an inhomogeneous parabolic Dirichlet problem involving the 1-Laplacian operator. We show the existence of a unique solution when data belong to $L^1(0,T;L^2(Ω))$ for every $T>0$. As a consequence, global existence and uniqueness for data in $L^1_{loc}(0,+\infty;L^2(Ω))$ is obtained. Our analysis retrieves the results of \cite{SW} in a correct and complete way.
We study the global solution curves, and prove the existence of infinitely many positive solutions for three classes of self-similar equations, with $p$-Laplace operator. In case $p=2$, these are well-known problems involving the Gelfand equation, the equation modeling electrostatic micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and a polynomial nonlinearity. We extend the classical results of D.D. Joseph and T.S. Lundgren \cite{JL} to the case $p \ne 2$, and we generalize the main result of Z. Guo and J. Wei \cite{GW} on the equation modeling MEMS.
The eigenvalue problem for the p-Laplace operator with Robin boundary condition is considered in this paper. A Faber-Krahn type inequality is proved. More precisely, it is shown that amongst all the domains of fixed volume, the ball has the smallest first eigenvalue.
In this paper we prove local existence of solutions to the nonlinear heat equation $u_t = Δu +a |u|^αu, \; t\in(0,T),\; x=(x_1,\,\cdots,\, x_N)\in {\mathbb R}^N,\; a = \pm 1,\; α>0;$ with initial value $u(0)\in L^1_{\rm{loc}}\left({\mathbb R}^N\setminus\{0\}\right)$, anti-symmetric with respect to $x_1,\; x_2,\; \cdots,\; x_m$ and $|u(0)|\leq C(-1)^m\partial_{1}\partial_{2}\cdot \cdot \cdot \partial_{m}(|x|^{-γ})$ for $x_1>0,\; \cdots,\; x_m>0,$ where $C>0$ is a constant, $m\in \{1,\; 2,\; \cdots,\; N\},$ $0<γ<N$ and $0<α<2/(γ+m).$ This gives a local existence result with highly singular initi…
This paper deals with multiplicity and bifurcation results for nonlinear problems driven by the fractional Laplace operator $(-Δ)^s$ and involving a critical Sobolev term. In particular, we consider $$\begin{cases} (-Δ)^su=γ|u|^{2^*-2}u+f(x,u) & \mbox{in } Ωu=0 & \mbox{in } \mathbb R^n\setminus Ω, \end{cases}$$ where $Ω\subset\mathbb R^n$ is an open bounded set with continuous boundary, $n>2s$ with $s\in(0,1)$, $γ$ is a positive real parameter, $2^*=2n/(n-2s)$ is the fractional critical Sobolev exponent and $f$ is a Carathéodory function satisfying different subcritical conditions.
In this paper we study the nonlinear Neumann boundary value problem of the following equations -\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}\nabla u)-\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}\nabla u)+|u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}u+|u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}u=λf(x,u) in a bounded smooth domain $Ω\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$ with Neumann boundary condition given by |\nabla u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}\frac{\partial u}{\partialν}+|\nabla u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}\frac{\partial u}{\partialν}=μg(x,u) on $\partialΩ$. Under appropriate conditions on the source and boundary nonlinearities, we obtain a number of results on existence and multiplicity of solutions by var…
Given $1<p<N$ and two measurable functions $V\left( r\right) \geq 0$ and $K\left( r\right) >0$, $r>0$, we define the weighted spaces \[ W=\left\{ u\in D^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}^{N}):\int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}}V\left( \left| x\right| \right) \left| u\right| ^{p}dx<\infty \right\} ,\quad L_{K}^{q}=L^{q}(\mathbb{R}^{N},K\left( \left| x\right| \right) dx) \] and study the compact embeddings of the radial subspace of $W$ into $L_{K}^{q_{1}}+L_{K}^{q_{2}}$, and thus into $L_{K}^{q}$ ($=L_{K}^{q}+L_{K}^{q}$) as a particular case. We consider exponents $q_{1},q_{2},q$ that can be greater or smaller than $p$. Our r…
In this work we prove a strong maximum principle for fractional elliptic problems with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary data which extends the one proved by J. Dávila to the fractional setting. In particular, we present a comparison result for two solutions of the fractional Laplace equation involving the spectral fractional Laplacian endowed with homogeneous mixed boundary condition. This result represents a non-local counterpart to a Hopf's Lemma for fractional elliptic problems with mixed boundary data.
We investigate the regularity of semi-stable, radially symmetric, and decreasing solutions for a class of quasilinear reaction-diffusion equations in the inhomogeneous context of Riemannian manifolds. We prove uniform boundedness, Lebesgue and Sobolev estimates for this class of solutions for equations involving the p-Laplace Beltrami operator and locally Lipschitz non-linearity. We emphasize that our results do not depend on the boundary conditions and the specific form of the non-linearities and metric. Moreover, as an application, we establish regularity of the extremal solutions for equati…
The p-Laplace equation $$ \n \cdot (|\n u|^n \n u)=0 \whereA n>0, $$ in a bounded domain $Ø\subset \re^2$, with inhomogeneous Dirichlet conditions on the smooth boundary $\p Ø$ is considered. In addition, there is a finite collection of curves $$Γ= Γ_1\cup...\cupΓ_m \subset Ø, \quad \{on which we assume homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions} \quad u=0, $$ modeling a multiple crack formation, focusing at the origin $0 \in Ø$. This makes the above quasilinear elliptic problem overdetermined. Possible types of the behaviour of solution $u(x,y)$ at the tip 0 of such admissible multiple cracks,…
We consider radial solutions of a general elliptic equation involving a weighted $p$-Laplace operator with a subcritical nonlinearity. By a shooting method we prove the existence of solutions with any prescribed number of nodes. The method is based on a change of variables in the phase plane, a very general computation of an angular velocity and new estimates for the decay of an energy associated with an asymptotic Hamiltonian problem. Estimating the rate of decay for the energy requires a sub-criticality condition. The method covers the case of solutions which are not compactly supported or w…
