Regularity of radial minimizers and extremal solutions of semilinear elliptic equations

We consider a special class of radial solutions of semilinear equations −?u = g(u) in the unit ball of Rn. It is the class of semi-stable solutions, which includes local minimizers, minimal solutions, and extremal solutions. We establish sharp pointwise, Lq, and Wk,q estimates for semi-stable radial...

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Autores: Cabré Vilagut, Xavier|||0000-0001-5682-3135, Capella Kort, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/980
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/980
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Partial differential equations
Semi-stable radial solutions
Local minimizers
Extremal solutions
Semilinear elliptic equations
Reagularity theory
Equacions en derivades parcials
Classificació AMS::35 Partial differential equations::35B Qualitative properties of solutions
Classificació AMS::35 Partial differential equations::35J Partial differential equations of elliptic type
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Sumario:We consider a special class of radial solutions of semilinear equations −?u = g(u) in the unit ball of Rn. It is the class of semi-stable solutions, which includes local minimizers, minimal solutions, and extremal solutions. We establish sharp pointwise, Lq, and Wk,q estimates for semi-stable radial solutions. Our regularity results do not depend on the specific nonlinearity g. Among other results, we prove that every semi-stable radial weak solution u ? H1 0 is bounded if n ? 9 (for every g), and belongs to H3 = W3,2 in all dimensions n (for every g increasing and convex). The optimal regularity results are strongly related to an explicit exponent which is larger than the critical Sobolev exponent.