Authors: Louis Dupaigne Marius Ghergu Olivier Goubet Guillaume Warnault
Publish Date: 2013/04/12
Volume: 208, Issue: 3, Pages: 725-752
Abstract
We study stable and finite Morse index solutions of the equation Delta2 u = eu If the equation is posed in mathbbRN we classify radial stable solutions We then construct nonradial stable solutions and we prove that unlike the corresponding second order problem no Liouvilletype theorem holds unless additional information is available on the asymptotics of solutions at infinity Thanks to this analysis we prove that stable solutions of the equation on a smoothly bounded domain supplemented with Navier boundary conditions are smooth if and only if N leqq 12 We find an upper bound for the Hausdorff dimension of their singular set in higher dimensions and conclude with an a priori estimate for solutions of bounded Morse index provided they are controlled in a suitable Morrey norm
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