Sublinear elliptic equations with a sharp change of sign in the nonlinearity
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| author | Clapp, Mónica Saldaña, Alberto Schiera, Delia |
| author_facet | Clapp, Mónica Saldaña, Alberto Schiera, Delia |
| contents | We study the semilinear indefinite elliptic problem \[ -Δu = Q_Ω|u|^{p-2}u \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N, \] where $Q_Ω= χ_Ω- χ_{\mathbb{R}^N \setminus Ω}$, $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a bounded smooth subset, $N \geq 3$, and $1 \leq p < 2$, with $p=1$ corresponding to the sign nonlinearity. Using a variational approach, we investigate the uniqueness or multiplicity of nonnegative solutions depending on the shape of $Ω$ and the existence of different types of nodal solutions. We also show that all solutions have compact support and analyze how the support of the ground state depends on $p$, proving convergence to the whole space as $p\to 2^{-}$ and identifying some qualitative features such as starshapedness and Lipschitz regularity of the support. We also establish a link between these problems and a two-phase Serrin-type torsion overdetermined problem. |
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| spellingShingle | Sublinear elliptic equations with a sharp change of sign in the nonlinearity Clapp, Mónica Saldaña, Alberto Schiera, Delia Analysis of PDEs We study the semilinear indefinite elliptic problem \[ -Δu = Q_Ω|u|^{p-2}u \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N, \] where $Q_Ω= χ_Ω- χ_{\mathbb{R}^N \setminus Ω}$, $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a bounded smooth subset, $N \geq 3$, and $1 \leq p < 2$, with $p=1$ corresponding to the sign nonlinearity. Using a variational approach, we investigate the uniqueness or multiplicity of nonnegative solutions depending on the shape of $Ω$ and the existence of different types of nodal solutions. We also show that all solutions have compact support and analyze how the support of the ground state depends on $p$, proving convergence to the whole space as $p\to 2^{-}$ and identifying some qualitative features such as starshapedness and Lipschitz regularity of the support. We also establish a link between these problems and a two-phase Serrin-type torsion overdetermined problem. |
| title | Sublinear elliptic equations with a sharp change of sign in the nonlinearity |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11766 |