Existence of solutions to higher order Lane-Emden type systems (Q681978)

The paper deals with the Lane-Emden type system \[ \begin{cases} (-\Delta)^\alpha u=| v|^q \quad \text{in }\;B_1 \subset \mathbb R^N,\\ (-\Delta)^\beta v =| u|^p \quad \text{in } B_1 \subset \mathbb R^N, \\ \dfrac{\partial^r u}{\partial \nu^r} = 0,\;r = 0, \dots, \alpha - 1,\quad \text{on }\partial B_1, \\ \dfrac{\partial^r v}{\partial \nu^r} = 0,\;r = 0, \dots, \beta - 1,\quad \text{on }\partial B_1, \end{cases} \] where \(B_1\) is the unit ball in \(\mathbb R^N\), \(N>\max\{2\alpha,2\beta\}\), \(\nu\) is the outward normal to \(\partial B_1\), \(\alpha, \beta \geq 1\) are integers and \((- \Delta)^\alpha = - \Delta((-\Delta)^{\alpha - 1})\) is the polyharmonic operator. The author proves existence of solutions via the method of continuity and a priori estimates. Uniqueness is also obtained in the particular case \(\alpha = 2\), \(\beta = 1\) and \(p,q > 1\).