Radial symmetry of positive solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations (Q1303840)

Three results concerning the radial symmetry and asymptotic behaviour at \(x=\infty\) of positive solutions of \[ \Delta u = \varphi(\mid x\mid)u^{\lambda}, \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^n \] and \(|x|\) large are presented. Here \(\lambda>1\) and \(\varphi(r)\) is positive and continuous for \(r\) large. There are three cases which are separately analysed: (I) \(\int_{r_0}^{\infty}r^{\alpha}\varphi(r) dr < \infty,\text{ for some }\alpha>1\); (II) \(\int_{r_0}^{\infty}r\varphi(r) dr < \infty,\) \(\int_{r_0}^{\infty}r^{\alpha}\varphi(r) dr = \infty, \text{ for all }\alpha>1;\) (III) \(\int_{r_0}^{\infty}r\varphi(r) dr=\infty\).