Let Ω ⊂ RN be the upper half strip with a hole. In this paper, we show there exists a positive higher energy solution of semilinear elliptic equations in Ω and describe the dynamic systems of solutions of equation (1) in various Ω. We also show there exist at least two positive solutions of perturbed semilinear elliptic equations in Ω.

A Harnack type inequality is established for solutions to some semilinear elliptic equations in dimension two. The result is motivated by our approach to the study of some semilinear elliptic equations on compact Riemannian manifolds, which originated from some Chern–Simons Higgs model and have been studied recently by various authors.

We study a semilinear fourth order elliptic problem with exponential nonlinearity. Motivated by a question raised in [Li], we partially extend known results for the corresponding second order problem. Several new difficulties arise and many problems still remain to be solved. We list the ones we feel particularly interesting in the final section. Mathematics Subject Classification: 35J65; 35J40.

In this paper a class of semilinear elliptic optimal control problem with pointwise state and control constraints is studied. We show that sufficient second order optimality conditions for regularized problems with small regularization parameter can be obtained from a second order sufficient condition assumed for the unregularized problem. Moreover, error estimates with respect to the regulariz...

A semilinear elliptic boundary-value problem on bounded multiconnected domains is studied. The authors prove that under suitable conditions, the problem may have no solutions in certain cases and many have one or two nonnegative solutions in some other cases. The radial solutions were also studied in annular domains.

Elliptic equations: 1. Harmonic functions 2. Perron’s method 3. Potential theory 4. Existence results; the method of suband supersolutions 5. Classical maximum principles for elliptic equations 6. More regularity, Schauder’s theory for general elliptic operators 7. The weak solution approach in one space dimension 8. Eigenfunctions for the Sturm-Liouville problem 9. Generalization to more dimen...