Qualitative properties and classification of nonnegative solutions to - u=f(u) in unbounded domains when f(0) < 0

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Abstract: We consider nonnegative solutions to −Deltau=f(u) in unbounded euclidean domains, where f is merely locally Lipschitz continuous and satisfies f(0)<0. In the half-plane, and without any other assumption on u, we prove that u is either one-dimensional and periodic or positive and strictly monotone increasing in the direction orthogonal to the boundary. Analogous results are obtained if the domain is a strip. As a consequence of our main results, we answer affirmatively to a conjecture and to an open question posed by Berestycki, Caffarelli and Nirenberg. We also obtain some symmetry and monotonicity results in the higher-dimensional case.


Nonnegative solutions of \(-\Delta u = f(u)\) with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions are considered, where \(f\) is merely locally Lipschitz continuous and satisfies \(f(0)<0\). It is shown that, in the half-plane \(\{(x,y): \in {\mathbf R}^2: y>0 \}\), every solution \(u(x,y)\) is either one-dimensional and periodic or positive and strictly monotone increasing in \(y\), without any other assumption on \(u\). This result answers to a conjecture posted by Berestycki, Caffarelli and Nirenberg. More general results, analogous results for strip domains in \({\mathbf R}^2\) and symmetry and monotonicity results in the higher-dimensional case are also obtained.




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