Special Session 93: Recent trends in elliptic and parabolic equations

a system of superlinear elliptic equations in a cylinder

yanyan guo
Central China Normal University
Peoples Rep of China
Co-Author(s):    Bernhard Ruf
Abstract:
In this talk, we will discuss the existence of positive solutions of a semi-linear elliptic system defined in a cylinder $\Omega=\Omega`\times(0,a)\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, where $\Omega`\subset\mathbb{R}^{n-1}$ is a bounded and smooth domain. The system couples a superlinear equation defined in the whole cylinder $\Omega$ with another superlinear (or linear) equation defined at the bottom of the cylinder $\Omega`\times\{0\}$. We provide a priori $L^\infty$ bounds for all positive solutions of the system when the nonlinear terms satisfy certain growth conditions. Using the a priori bounds and topological arguments, we prove the existence of positive solutions for these particular semi-linear elliptic systems.