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We study a nonlinear equation in the half-space {x 1 > 0} with a Hardy potential, specifically
where p > 1 and −∞ < μ < 1/4. The admissible boundary behavior of the positive solutions is either O(x 1 −2/(p−1)) as x 1 → 0, or is determined by the solutions of the linear problem \( - \Delta h - \frac{\mu }{{x_1^2}}h = 0\). In the first part we study in full detail the separable solutions of the linear equations for the whole range of μ. In the second part, by means of sub and supersolutions we construct separable solutions of the nonlinear problem which behave like O(x 1 −2/(p−1)) near the origin and which, away from the origin, have exactly the same asymptotic behavior as the separable solutions of the linear problem. In the last part we construct solutions that behave like O(x 1 −2/(p−1)) at some prescribed parts of the boundary, while at the rest of the boundary the solutions decay or blowup at a slower rate determined by the linear part of the equation.
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Bandle, C., Marcus, M. & Moroz, V. Boundary singularities of solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in the half-space with a Hardy potential. Isr. J. Math. 222, 487–514 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-017-1598-4
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