Existence of radial solutions to biharmonic k-Hessian equations

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2015.04.001MaRDI QIDQ2351972zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 29 June 2015

Published in Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06700

zbMATH Keywords

\(k\)-Hessian type equationsbiharmonic boundary value problemsexistence of solutionsnon-existence of solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parameter dependent boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B08) Singular nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B16) Boundary value problems on infinite intervals for ordinary differential equations (34B40) Higher-order elliptic systems (35J48)

Abstract: This work presents the construction of the existence theory of radial solutions to the elliptic equation �egin{equation}

onumber Delta^2 u = (-1)^k S_k[u] + lambda f(x), qquad x in B_1(0) subset mathbb{R}^N, end{equation} provided either with Dirichlet boundary conditions �egin{eqnarray} onumber u = partial_n u = 0, qquad x in partial B_1(0), end{eqnarray} or Navier boundary conditions �egin{equation}

onumber u = Delta u = 0, qquad x in partial B_1(0), end{equation} where the $k-$Hessian $S_k[u]$ is the $k^{mathrmth}$ elementary symmetric polynomial of eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix and the datum $fin{L}^1(B_1(0))$ while $lambdainmathbbR$. We prove the existence of a Carath'eodory solution to these boundary value problems that is unique in a certain neighborhood of the origin provided $|lambda|$ is small enough. Moreover, we prove that the solvability set of $lambda$ is finite, giving an explicity bound of the extreme value.

Review text

The authors study the problem of radial solutions to fourth order elliptic equations of the form \[ \Delta^2 u=S_2[u]+\lambda f(x)\text{ for}\quad x\in B_1(0)\subset{\mathbb R}^N, \] where \(S_2[u]\) is the \(2\)-Hessian of \(u\) (see e.g. [\textit{L. Caffarelli} et al., Acta Math. 155, 261--301 (1985; Zbl 0654.35031)], [\textit{K.-S. Chou} and \textit{X.-J. Wang}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 54, No. 9, 1029--1064 (2001; Zbl 1035.35037)]), \(\lambda\in{\mathbb R}\), \(f\) is an integrable function in \(B_1(0)\) and \(N=2\) or \( 3\). Dirichlet or Navier boundary conditions are considered. By integration and a change of the independent variable \(s=e^{-t}\), the problem is transformed into an equivalent one in the half-line. For instance, in the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions the new problem is written as \[ -w+(N-2)w'+(N-1)w=\frac{N-1}{2}e^{-t}w^2+\lambda e^{(N-3)t} \int_0^{e^{-t}}g(s)\,ds,\quad w(0)=w(+\infty)=0. \] The main results state the existence of at least one solution of the original problem in \(C^3([0,1])\cap W^{4,1}([0,1],r^{N-1}dr)\), provided that \(|\lambda|\) is small or \(\lambda\) is large and negative. The proofs depend on a series of estimates and the contraction principle in the Sobolev space \(H^1\) of the half-line with respect to the weight function \(e^{(2-N)t}\). Alternatively, upper and lower solutions may be used, taking advantage of the positivity of the operator \(-w+(N-2)w'+(N-1)w\). Non-existence in cases where \(\lambda>0\) is large is also obtained.

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