Some critical point theorems and applications to semilinear elliptic partial differential equations
We prove existence of positive solutions for the equation on , arising in the prescribed scalar curvature problem. is the Laplace-Beltrami operator on , is the critical Sobolev exponent, and is a small parameter. The problem can be reduced to a finite dimensional study which is performed with Morse theory.
Some new oscillation criteria are obtained for second order elliptic differential equations with damping , x ∈ Ω, where Ω is an exterior domain in ℝⁿ. These criteria are different from most known ones in the sense that they are based on the information only on a sequence of subdomains of Ω ⊂ ℝⁿ, rather than on the whole exterior domain Ω. Our results are more natural in view of the Sturm Separation Theorem.
We prove higher integrability for minimizers of some integrals of the calculus of variations; such an improved integrability allows us to get existence of weak second derivatives.
In this survey we collect several results concerning S-type bifurcation curves for the number of solutions of reaction-diffusion stationary equations. In particular, we recall several results in the literature for the case of stationary energy balance models.