Limit solutions of the Chern-Simons equation (Q388474)

For a given bounded domain \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^2,\) the authors investigate the Dirichlet problem for the scalar Chern--Simons equation \[ -\Delta u +e^u\left(e^u-1\right)=\mu\quad \text{in}\;\Omega, \] in the cases where there is no solution for a given nonnegative finite measure \(\mu.\) Approximating \(\mu\) by a sequence \((\mu_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}\) of nonnegative \(L^1\) functions or finite measures for which the equation admits a solution, the authors show that the sequence of solutions \((u_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}\) of the Dirichlet problem converges to the solution with largest possible datum \(\mu^{\#}\leq\mu,\) and derive an explicit formula for \(\mu^{\#}\) in terms of \(\mu.\) It is shown moreover, that the counterpart for the Chern--Simons system with datum \((\mu,\nu)\) behaves differently and the conclusion depends on how much the measures \(\mu\) and \(\nu\) charge singletons.