On the stability of radial solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in all of $ \mathbb{R}^{n}$

Xavier Cabré; Antonio Capella

doi:10.1016/j.crma.2004.03.013

Partial Differential Equations

On the stability of radial solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in all of

ℝ^{n}

Presented by: Haı̈m Brezis

Xavier Cabré ¹ ; Antonio Capella ¹

¹ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 338 (2004) no. 10, pp. 769-774

Abstract (Original language)
Résumé

We establish that every nonconstant bounded radial solution u of −Δu=f(u) in all of $ℝ^{n}$ is unstable if n⩽10. The result applies to every C¹ nonlinearity f satisfying a generic nondegeneracy condition. In particular, it applies to every analytic and every power-like nonlinearity. We also give an example of a nonconstant bounded radial solution u which is stable for every n⩾11, and where f is a polynomial.

On montre que toute solution u non constante, bornée et radiale de l'équation −Δu=f(u) dans tout $ℝ^{n}$ est instable si n⩽10. Ce résultat s'applique à toute nonlinéarité f de classe C¹ qui satisfait une condition générique de non dégénérescence. Il s'applique, en particulier, à toute nonlinéarité analytique et à toute nonlinéarité de type puissance. On donne aussi un exemple de solution u non constante, bornée et radiale qui est stable pour tout n⩾11, et où f est un polynôme.

Received: 2004-03-16
Accepted: 2004-03-16
Published online: 2004-04-14

DOI: 10.1016/j.crma.2004.03.013

Author's affiliations:

Xavier Cabré ¹ ; Antonio Capella ¹

¹ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

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Xavier Cabré; Antonio Capella. On the stability of radial solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in all of $ \mathbb{R}^{n}$. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 338 (2004) no. 10, pp. 769-774. doi: 10.1016/j.crma.2004.03.013

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