PDE Seminar Abstracts

Classification of isolated singularities for equations involving the Finsler-Laplace operator

Mihai Mihăilescu
University of Craiova, Romania
Wednesday 21 November 2012 11:15am, AGR Carslaw 829

Abstract

In this talk, we consider anisotropic elliptic operators such as

Lλ,Hu := -∇⋅(H(∇u)(∇H)(∇u))- λ H∘(x)2u,in {x ∈ ℝN: 0 < H∘(x) < 1},

where H and H∘ are polar Finsler norms on ℝN (N ≥ 3) and -∞ < λ ≤ (N - 2)2∕4. When H(x) = |x|, where |x| denotes the euclidian norm on ℝN, operator Lλ,Hu becomes the classical Hardy-Sobolev operator-Δu - λ |x|2u. We completely classify the behavior near the origin for all positive weak solutions of Lλ,Hu = 0 in {x ∈ ℝN: 0 < H∘(x) < 1}. We establish that either u∕Φλ+ → γ+ ∈ (0,∞) or u∕Φλ- → γ- ∈ (0,∞), as |x|→ 0, where Φλ± denote the fundamental solutions of Lλ,Hu = 0. This is a joint work with F. Cīrstea.