Asymptotic behavior of the solutions of linear and quasilinear elliptic equations on $\mathbb {R}^{N}$ (Q4452266)

Let \(a_{ij}\), \(b_i\), \(c\in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)\) \((i,j\in\{1,\dots, n\})\), \(L=-\sum^n_{i,j=1}a_{ij} \partial_i\partial_j+ \sum^n_{i=1} b_i\partial_i+c\), \(\rho\in C^2(\mathbb{R}^n)\), \(\rho\geq 0\) such that \(\partial^\kappa\rho\in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)\) for \(\kappa\in\mathbb{N}^n\), \(|\kappa|=1\), 2; \(p\in]1,\infty[\). Theorem 1. Let \(L\in{\mathfrak L} (W^{2,p}(\mathbb{R}^n),L^p(\mathbb{R}^n))\) be Fredholm, moreover suppose that \(L\) is surjective or injective or \(a_{ij}\) are real and locally Lipschitz continuous and \(L\) is uniformly elliptic on compacts; then there is \(s>0\) such that whenever \(f\in L^p(\mathbb{R})\) satisfies \(e^{t\rho}f\in L^p (\mathbb{R}^n)\) for some \(t>0\), every solution \(u\i W^{2,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)\) of \(Lu=f\) has the form \(u=e^{-(s \wedge t)\rho}v\) for some \(v\in W^{2 ,p} (\mathbb{R}^n)\). Theorem 2. Let \(a_{ij}\) be real and locally Lipschitz continuous and \(L\) uniformly elliptic, \(\rho(x)=| x |\) for \(| x|\) large and \(\lambda\) a Fredholm eigenvalue of \(L\) as an unbounded operator on \(L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)\) with domain \(W^{2,p} (\mathbb{R}^n)\); then there is \(s_\lambda>0\), independent of \(\rho\), such that every generalized eigenfunction \(u\) associated with \(\lambda\) has the form \(u=e^{-s_\lambda\rho}v\) for some \(v\in W^{2,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)\). The results are next extended when \(L\) is replaced by a Fredholm quasilinear operator.