Mathematics – Analysis of PDEs
Scientific paper
2009-05-12
Mathematics
Analysis of PDEs
Scientific paper
We study the regularity of the extremal solution of the semilinear biharmonic equation $\beta \Delta^2 u-\tau \Delta u=\frac{\lambda}{(1-u)^2}$ on a ball $B \subset \R^N$, under Navier boundary conditions $u=\Delta u=0$ on $\partial B$, where $\lambda >0$ is a parameter, while $\tau>0$, $\beta>0$ are fixed constants. It is known that there exists a $\lambda^{*}$ such that for $\lambda>\lambda^{*}$ there is no solution while for $\lambda<\lambda^{*}$ there is a branch of minimal solutions. Our main result asserts that the extremal solution $u^{*}$ is regular ($\sup_{B}u^{*}<1$) for $N\leq 8$ and $\beta, \tau>0$ and it is singular ($\sup_{B}u^{*}=1$) for $N\geq 9$, $\beta>0$, and $\tau>0$ with $\frac{\tau}{\beta}$ small. Our proof for the singularity of extremal solutions in dimensions $N\geq 9$ is based on certain improved Hardy-Rellich inequalities.
Moradifam Amir
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