Existence results for fully nonlinear equations in radial domains

Abstract

We consider the fully nonlinear problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -F(x,D^2u)=|u|^{p-1}u & \text{in $\Omega$}\\ u=0 & \text{on $\partial \Omega$} \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $F$ is uniformly elliptic, $p>1$ and $\Omega$ is either an annulus or a ball in $\Rn$, $n\ge 2$. \\ We prove the following results: \begin{itemize} \item[i)] existence of a positive/negative radial solution for every exponent $p>1$, if $\Omega$ is an annulus; \item[ii)] existence of infinitely many sign changing radial solutions for every $p>1$, characterized by the number of nodal regions, if $\Omega$ is an annulus; \item[iii)] existence of infinitely many sign changing radial solutions characterized by the number of nodal regions, if $F$ is one of the Pucci's operator, $\Omega$ is a ball and $p$ is subcritical.

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