Positive solutions of higher order quasilinear elliptic equations (Q700890)

Summary: The higher order quasilinear elliptic equation \(-\Delta (\Delta_{p} (\Delta u))=f (x,u)\) subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions may have unique and regular positive solution. If the domain is a ball, we obtain a priori estimate to the radial solutions via blow-up. Extensions to systems and general domains are also presented. The basic ingredients are the maximum principle, Moser iterative scheme, an eigenvalue problem, a priori estimates by rescalings, sub/supersolutions, and Krasnosel'skiĭ fixed point theorem.