Finite and infinite energy solutions of singular elliptic problems: existence and uniqueness (Q2410313)

The authors investigate the singular elliptic boundary-value problem \[ \begin{cases} Lu=h(u)f,\,\,\,\text{in}\,\,\,\Omega,\\ u=0,\,\,\,\text{on}\,\,\,\partial\Omega, \end{cases}\tag{1} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded and smooth open subset of \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(L\) is a linear elliptic operator in divergence form, \(h:\mathbb{R}_+\to\mathbb{R}_+\) is a continuous function that may blow up at \(s=0\) and possesses a limit at infinity, and \(f\) is a nonnegative function in \(L^1(\Omega)\) (or, possibly, a bounded Radon measure on \(\Omega\)). They prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions for problem \((1)\), and then they give regularity results on the solution and on the lower order term \(h(u)f\) which depend on the regularity of the data. Some examples and possible extensions are finally addressed.