A New proof of Liouville type theorems for a class of semilinear elliptic equations

Abstract

We study certain typical semilinear elliptic equations in Euclidean space $\bR^{n}$ or on a closed manifold $M$ with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Our proof is based on a crucial integral identity constructed by the invariant tensor method. Together with suitable integral estimates, some classical Liouville theorems will be reestablished.