Entire solutions of superlinear problems with indefinite weights and Hardy potentials (Q1994004)

The paper deals with the properties of radial solutions to equations of the form \[ \Delta u+f(u,|x|)=0, \] where \(u: \mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R},\) \(n>2,\) and \(f: \mathbb{R}\times(0,\infty)\) is a \(C^1\) function which is super-linear in \(u\) and \(f(0,|x|)=0.\) By arguing on the corresponding ordinary differential equation, the authors classify the positive and nodal solutions when \(f(u,|x|)\) is negative for \(|x|\) small and positive for \(|x|\) large, or in the opposite situation. The approach is extended to elliptic equations with Hardy potentials, that is, \[ \Delta u +\dfrac{h(|\mathrm{x}|)}{|{x}|^2} u+ f(u, |{x}|)=0, \] with \(h\) not necessarily constant.