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Liouville type theorems, a priori estimates and existence of solutions for sub-critical order Lane—Emden—Hardy equations

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We study the sub-critical order Lane—Emden—Hardy equations

$${\left( { - {\rm{\Delta }}} \right)^m}u\left( x \right) = {{{u^p}\left( x \right)} \over {{{\left| x \right|}^a}}}\;\;\;\;{\rm{in}}\;{\mathbb{R}^n}$$
((0.1))

with n ≥ 3, \(1 \le m < {n \over 2}\), 0 ≤ a < 2m and p > 1. We establish Liouville theorems in the ranges \(1 < p < {{n + 2m - 2a} \over {n - 2m}}\) if 0 ≤ a < 2 and 1 < p < +∞ if 2 ≤ a < 2m for nonnegative classical solutions of equations (0.1), that is, the unique nonnegative solution is u ≡ 0. As an application, we derive a priori estimates and the existence of positive solutions to sub-critical order Lane—Emden equations in bounded domains.

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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China

    Wei Dai & Shaolong Peng

  2. LAGA, UMR 7539, Institut Galilée, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, 93430, Villetaneuse, France

    Wei Dai

  3. Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China

    Guolin Qin

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China

    Guolin Qin

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Wei Dai is supported by the NNSF of China (No. 11971049 and 11501021), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the State Scholarship Fund of China (No. 201806025011).

Shaolong Peng is supported by the NNSF of China (No. 11971049).

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Dai, W., Peng, S. & Qin, G. Liouville type theorems, a priori estimates and existence of solutions for sub-critical order Lane—Emden—Hardy equations. JAMA 146, 673–718 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11854-022-0207-6

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