A pointwise inequality for the fourth-order Lane-Emden equation

DOI10.2140/APDE.2015.8.1541zbMATH Open1328.35035arXiv1310.2275OpenAlexW1911854887MaRDI QIDQ500445FDOQ500445

Juncheng Wei, Xingwang Xu, Mostafa Fazly

Publication date: 2 October 2015

Published in: Analysis \& PDE (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the following pointwise inequality holds �egin{equation*} -Delta u ge sqrtfrac{2}{(p+1)-c_n} |x|^{frac{a}{2}} u^{frac{p+1}{2}} + frac{2}{n-4} frac{| abla u|^2}{u} ext{in} mathbb{R}^n end{equation*} where $c_n:=frac8n(n-4)$, for positive bounded solutions of the fourth order H'{e}non equation that is �egin{equation*} Delta^2 u = |x|^a u^p ext {in } mathbb{R}^n end{equation*} for some $age0$ and $p>1$. Motivated by the Moser's proof of the Harnack's inequality as well as Moser iteration type arguments in the regularity theory, we develop an iteration argument to prove the above pointwise inequality. As far as we know this is the first time that such an argument is applied towards constructing pointwise inequalities for partial differential equations. An interesting point is that the coefficient $frac2n-4$ also appears in the fourth order $Q$-curvature and the Paneitz operator. This in particular implies that the scalar curvature of the conformal metric with conformal factor $u^{f}rac4n-4$ is positive.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2275

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zbMATH Keywords

semilinear elliptic equationselliptic regularitya priori pointwise estimateMoser iteration-type arguments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

A priori estimates in context of PDEs (35B45) Maximum principles in context of PDEs (35B50) Higher-order elliptic equations (35J30) Positive solutions to PDEs (35B09) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

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