Asymptotic expansions for singular solutions of \(\Delta u+e^u=0\) in a punctured disc (Q1995236)

The authors study the asymptotic behavior of singular solutions to the equation \(\Delta u + e^u = 0\) in \(B\setminus\{0\}\), where \(B = \{x\in \mathbb{R}^2 : |x| < 1\}\). It is known [\textit{K. S. Chou} and \textit{T. Y. H. Wan}, Pac. J. Math. 163, No. 2, 269--276 (1994; Zbl 0794.35049)] that if \(u\in C^2(B\setminus{0})\) with \(\int_{B\setminus\{0\}} e^u dx < \infty\) is a singular solution to the equation, then there is \(\alpha_0>-2\) such that \(u(x) = \alpha_0 \ln |x| + O(1)\) as \(|x|\to 0\). Let \(\tau_0=\alpha_0+2\). Denote by \((r,\theta)\) the polar coordinates of \(x\); let \(t=\log r\).\par The main result of the paper is Theorem 1.3. It describes the enhanced asymptotic of singular solutions of the above equation depending on the value of \(\tau_0\). The following cases are considered: (1) \(\tau_0\) is a rational number from \((0,1/2]\); (2) \(\tau_0\) is an irrational number from \((0,1/2]\); (3) \(\tau_0\) is a rational number from \((1/2,1)\); (4) \(\tau_0\) is an irrational number from \((1/2,1)\); (5) \(\tau_0=1\); (6) \(\tau_0\) is a rational number from \((j,j+1)\) for some natural \(j\); (7) \(\tau_0\) is an irrational number from \((j,j+1)\) for some natural \(j\); (8) \(\tau_0\ge2\) is an integer. For every case a solution \(u\) to the problem is approximated by finite sums of the form \(\sum_jc_j(\theta)e^{\mu_j t}\); here \(c_i(\theta)\) are trigonometric polynomials of definite form and \(\mu_j\) is an increasing sequence of positives numbers tending to infinity as \(j\to\infty\).