Date of Award:
5-2000
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Mathematics and Statistics
Committee Chair(s)
Zhi-Qiang Wang
Committee
Zhi-Qiang Wang
Committee
Ian Anderson
Committee
David Sattinger
Abstract
In this dissertation, we establish existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for semilinear elliptic equations with subcritical and critical nonlinearities. We treat problems invariant under subgroups of the orthogonal group. Roughly speaking, we prove that if enough "mass " is concentrated around special orbits, then among the functions with prescribed symmetry, there is a solution for the original problem.
Our results can be regarded as a further development of the work of Z.-Q. Wang, where existence of local minima in the space of symmetric functions was studied for the Schrödinger equation. We illustrate the general theory with three examples, all of which produce new results. Our method allows the construction of solutions with prescribed symmetry, and it represents a step further in the classification of positive solutions for certain nonlinear elliptic problems.
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Recommended Citation
Catrina, Florin, "Positive Solutions Obtained as Local Minima via Symmetries, for Nonlinear Elliptic Equations" (2000). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 7109.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7109
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