Saddle-shaped solutions of bistable elliptic equations involving the half-Laplacian

DOI10.2422/2036-2145.201107_002zbMATH Open1283.35042arXiv1107.2306OpenAlexW1551806580MaRDI QIDQ2864587FDOQ2864587

Eleonora Cinti

Publication date: 25 November 2013

Published in: Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze. Serie V (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We establish existence and qualitative properties of saddle-shaped solutions of the elliptic fractional equation $(-Delta{)}^{1/2}u=f(u)$ in all the space $e^{2m}$, where $f$ is of bistable type. These solutions are odd with respect to the Simons cone and even with respect to each coordinate. More precisely, we prove the existence of a saddle-shaped solution in every even dimension $2m$, as well as its monotonicity properties, asymptotic behaviour, and instability in dimensions $2m=4$ and $2m=6$. These results are relevant in connection with the analog for fractional equations of a conjecture of De Giorgi on the 1-D symmetry of certain solutions. Saddle-shaped solutions are the simplest candidates, besides 1-D solutions, to be global minimizers in high dimensions, a property not yet established.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.2306

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zbMATH Keywords

supersolutionasymptotic behaviour at infinitybounded saddle solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Entire solutions to PDEs (35B08) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Semilinear elliptic equations (35J61) Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20)

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