A liouville type theorem for poly-harmonic system with dirichlet boundary conditions in a half space

  • Zhao Liu
  • , Wei Dai*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the following poly-harmonic system with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a half space Rn+: { (-Δ)mu(x) = uα1 (x)vβ1 (x), x ∈ Rn+, (-Δ)mv(x) = uα2 (x)vβ2 (x), x ∈ Rn+, u = ∂u /∂xn = ∂2u/ ∂x2n = · · · = ∂m-1u ∂xm-1 n = 0, x ∈ ∂Rn+, v = ∂v /∂xn = ∂2v/ ∂x2n = · · · = ∂m-1v ∂xm-1 n = 0, x ∈ ∂Rn+, (0.1) where αi + βi = n+2m n-2m > 2, αi, βi ≥ 1 for i = 1, 2. First, we show that, under some mild growth conditions, (0.1) is equivalent to the IE system { u(x) = ∫ Rn+ G+(x, y)uα1 (y)vβ1 (y)dy, v(x) = ∫ Rn+G+(x, y)uα2 (y)vβ2 (y)dy, (0.2) where G+(x, y) := cn /|x - y|n-2m4xnnyn |x-y|2 0 zm-1 (z + 1)n/2 dz is the Green's function in Rn + with the same Dirichlet boundary conditions. Then, inspired by the work [12] of Y. Fang and W. Chen on the Dirichlet problem for (-Δ)mu = up in Rn+, we use method of moving planes in integral forms to prove the nonexistence of nontrivial nonnegative solutions for IE system (0.2), and as a consequence, we derive the nonexistence of nontrivial nonnegative classical solutions for problem (0.1).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)117-134
Number of pages18
JournalAdvanced Nonlinear Studies
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dirichlet problem
  • Equivalence
  • Half space
  • Liouville type theorems
  • Method of moving planes in integral forms
  • Nonexistence
  • Rotational symmetry

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