The \(\operatorname{SU}(3)\) Toda system with multiple singular sources (Q2181513)

The authors study the following singular \(\operatorname{SU}(3)\) Toda system with multiple singular sources \[ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -{\Delta}w_1=2e^{2w_1}-e^{2w_2}+2\pi\sum_{\ell=1}^m\beta_{1,\ell}\delta_{P_{\ell}}\quad\text{in }{\mathbb{R}}^2,\\ -{\Delta} w_2=2e^{2w_2}-e^{2w_1}+2\pi\sum_{\ell=1}^m\beta_{2,\ell}\delta_{P_{\ell}}\quad\text{in } {\mathbb{R}}^2, \end{array}\right. \] where \(P_1,\ldots, P_m\) are distinct points in \( {\mathbb{R}}^2\), \(\beta_{i,\ell}\in [0,1)\) and \(\delta_{P_\ell}\) denotes the Dirac measure at \(P_{\ell}\). In particular, existence and non-existence of solutions \((w_1,w_2)\) of the above problem are proved, satisfying \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} w_i(x)=-\beta_{i,\ell}\log|x-P_\ell|+h_{i,\ell} \, \text{around each point }P_\ell,\\ w_i(x)=-2\log|x|+h_{i,m+1} \, \text{as }|x|\to\infty,\\ h_{i,\ell}\text{ is continuous in a neighborhood of }P_\ell, \end{array}\right. \] for \(i=1,2\) and \(\ell=1,\dots, m\), and \(h_{i,m+1}\) is bounded outside a compact set.