For any smooth and bounded domain ? ⊂ R N , we prove uniqueness of positive solutions of free bound- ary problems arising in plasma physics on ? in a neat interval depending only by the best constant of the Sobolev embedding H 1 0 (?) ?→ L 2p (?), p ∈ [1, N N−2 ) and show that the boundary density and a suitably defined energy share a universal monotonic behavior. At least to our knowledge, for p > 1, this is the first result about the uniqueness for a domain which is not a two-dimensional ball and in particular the very first result about the monotonicity of solutions, which seems to be new even for p = 1. The threshold, which is sharp for p = 1, yields a new condition which guarantees that there is no free boundary inside ?. As a corollary, in the same range, we solve a long-standing open problem (dating back to the work of Berestycki-Brezis in 1980) about the uniqueness of variational solutions. Moreover, on a two-dimensional ball we describe the full branch of positive solutions, that is, we prove the monotonicity along the curve of positive solutions until the boundary density vanishes.

Bartolucci, D., Jevnikar, A. (2022). On the uniqueness and monotonicity of solutions of free boundary problems. JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, 306, 152-188 [10.1016/j.jde.2021.10.026].

On the uniqueness and monotonicity of solutions of free boundary problems

Bartolucci D.
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2022-01-01

Abstract

For any smooth and bounded domain ? ⊂ R N , we prove uniqueness of positive solutions of free bound- ary problems arising in plasma physics on ? in a neat interval depending only by the best constant of the Sobolev embedding H 1 0 (?) ?→ L 2p (?), p ∈ [1, N N−2 ) and show that the boundary density and a suitably defined energy share a universal monotonic behavior. At least to our knowledge, for p > 1, this is the first result about the uniqueness for a domain which is not a two-dimensional ball and in particular the very first result about the monotonicity of solutions, which seems to be new even for p = 1. The threshold, which is sharp for p = 1, yields a new condition which guarantees that there is no free boundary inside ?. As a corollary, in the same range, we solve a long-standing open problem (dating back to the work of Berestycki-Brezis in 1980) about the uniqueness of variational solutions. Moreover, on a two-dimensional ball we describe the full branch of positive solutions, that is, we prove the monotonicity along the curve of positive solutions until the boundary density vanishes.
2022
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Esperti anonimi
Settore MAT/05 - ANALISI MATEMATICA
English
Free boundary problem; Bifurcation analysis; Uniqueness; Monotonicity
Bartolucci, D., Jevnikar, A. (2022). On the uniqueness and monotonicity of solutions of free boundary problems. JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, 306, 152-188 [10.1016/j.jde.2021.10.026].
Bartolucci, D; Jevnikar, A
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