Mathematics – Analysis of PDEs
Scientific paper
2012-03-27
Mathematics
Analysis of PDEs
12 pages, improved on the earlier versions. Updated version - if any - can be downloaded at http://www.birs.ca/~nassif/
Scientific paper
We consider the following elliptic system \Delta u =\nabla H (u) \ \ \text{in}\ \ \mathbf{R}^N, where $u:\mathbf{R}^N\to \mathbf{R}^m$ and $H\in C^2(\mathbf{R}^m)$, and prove, under various conditions on the nonlinearity $H$ that, at least in low dimensions, a solution $u=(u_i)_{i=1}^m$ is necessarily one-dimensional whenever each one of its components $u_i$ is monotone in one direction. Just like in the proofs of the classical De Giorgi's conjecture in dimension 2 (Ghoussoub-Gui) and in dimension 3 (Ambrosio-Cabr\'{e}), the key step is a Liouville theorem for linear systems. We also give an extension of a geometric Poincar\'{e} inequality to systems and use it to establish De Giorgi type results for stable solutions as well as additional rigidity properties stating that the gradients of the various components of the solutions must be parallel. We introduce and exploit the concept of {\it an orientable system}, which seems to be key for dealing with systems of three or more equations. For such systems, the notion of a stable solution in a variational sense coincide with the pointwise (or spectral) concept of stability.
Fazly Mostafa
Ghoussoub Nassif
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