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Alexander Quaas

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arXiv2012

Solvability of nonlinear elliptic equations with gradient terms

We study the solvability in the whole Euclidean space of coercive quasi-linear and fully nonlinear elliptic equations modeled on $Δu\pm g(|\nabla u|)= f(u)$, $u\ge0$, where $f$ and $g$ are increasing continuous functions. We give conditions on $f$ and $g$ which guarantee the availability or the absence of positive solutions of such equations in $\R^N$. Our results considerably improve the existing ones and are sharp or close to sharp in the model cases. In particular, we completely characterize the solvability of such equations when $f$ and $g$ have power growth at infinity. We also derive a solvability statement for coercive equations in general form.

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arXiv2009

Eigenvalues for radially symmetric non-variational fully nonlinear operators

In this paper we present an elementary theory about the existence of eigenvalues for fully nonlinear radially symmetric 1-homogeneous operators. A general theory for first eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of 1-homogeneous fully nonlinear operators exists in the framework of viscosity solutions. Here we want to show that for the radially symmetric operators (and one dimensional) a much simpler theory can be established, and that the complete set of eigenvalues and eigenfuctions characterized by the number of zeroes can be obtained.

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arXiv2007

Super-linear elliptic equation for the Pucci operator without growth restrictions for the data

In this paper we deal with existence and uniqueness of solution to super-linear problems for the Pucci operator: $$ -\M^+(D^2u)+|u|^{s-1}u=f(x) \quad {in} \RR^n, $$ where $s>1$ and $f$ satisfies only local integrability conditions. This result is well known when, instead of the Pucci operator, the Laplacian or a divergence form operator is considered. Our existence results use the Alexandroff-Bakelman-Pucci inequality since we cannot use any variational formulation. For radially symmetric $f$ we can prove our results under less local integrability assumptions, taking advantage of an appropriate variational formulation. We also obtain an existence result with boundary explosion in smooth domains.

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arXiv2005

Large critical exponents for some second order uniformly elliptic operators

In this paper we investigate the critical exponents of two families of Pucci's extremal operators. The notion of critical exponent that we have chosen for these fully nonlinear operators whihc are not variational is that of threshold betweeen existence and nonexistence of the solutions for semilinear equations with pure power nonlinearities. Interesting new exponents appear in this context.

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