Separable \(p\)-harmonic functions in a cone and related quasilinear equations on manifolds (Q1041258)

The authors consider separable \(p\)-harmonic functions on a \(d\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\). The main result states that if \(\nabla\) and \(\text{div}_g\) are respectively the covariant derivative and the divergence operator on \(M\), then for any compact smooth subdomain \(S\subset M\) there exists a unique positive constant \(\lambda_\beta\) such that the problem \[ -\text{div}_g((1+|\nabla v|^2)^{p/2-1}\nabla v) +\beta(p-1)(1+|\nabla v|^2)^{p/2-1}|\nabla v|^2 = -\lambda_\beta(1+|\nabla v|^2)^{p/2-1}, \] in \(S\), \(\lim_{x\to\partial S} v(x)=\infty\), admits a solution \(v\in C^2(S)\). The solution \(v\) is unique up to an additive constant. As an application, authors give a generalization of a result of \textit{P. Tolksdorf} concerning construction of separable \(p\)-harmonic functions in a cone [J. Differ. Equations 51, 126--150 (1984; Zbl 0488.35017)], which also leads to a new proof of the original result.