Convexity of level sets for elliptic problems in convex domains or convex rings: two counterexamples

DOI10.1353/AJM.2016.0012zbMATH Open1341.35064arXiv1304.3355OpenAlexW2952296839WikidataQ125026518 ScholiaQ125026518MaRDI QIDQ2804444FDOQ2804444

Authors: François Hamel, Yannick Sire, Nikolai Nadirashvili 

Publication date: 29 April 2016

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper deals with some geometrical properties of solutions of some semilinear elliptic equations in bounded convex domains or convex rings. Constant boundary conditions are imposed on the single component of the boundary when the domain is convex, or on each of the two components of the boundary when the domain is a convex ring. A function is called quasiconcave if its superlevel sets, defined in a suitable way when the domain is a convex ring, are all convex. In this paper, we prove that the superlevel sets of the solutions do not always inherit the convexity or ring-convexity of the domain. Namely, we give two counterexamples to this quasiconcavity property: the first one for some two-dimensional convex domains and the second one for some convex rings in any dimension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3355

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zbMATH Keywords

convexitysemilinear elliptic equationsolution level set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semilinear elliptic equations (35J61) Qualitative properties of solutions to partial differential equations (35B99)

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