Uniqueness of positive radial solutions of a semilinear Dirichlet problem in an annulus (Q2708161)

It is established uniqueness of positive radial solutions of \(-\Delta u=u^p-u\) in \(B(R_1,R_2)= \{x\in \mathbb{R}^n : 0<R_1<|x|<R_2\leq \infty\},\) \(n\geq 3,\) \(u=0\) on \(\partial B(R_1,R_2)\) in the following cases: \(a)\) \(n\in\{3,4\}\) and \(1<p\leq n/(n-2);\) \(b)\) \(n\in\{5,6,7,8\}\) and \(1<p\leq p_0(n)\) for some \(p_0(n)< n/(n-2).\) A similar result is obtained also for an equation with a more general nonlinearity \(-\Delta u =f(u)\) where the right-hand side satisfies suitable conditions.