Local and global properties of solutions of an elliptic equation involving exponential and gradient reaction

Abstract

We study some local and global properties of solutions of $-Δu- m\abs{\nabla u}^q-e^{u}=0$ in a punctured domain $\Omega \setminus \{0\}$, or in an exterior domain of $R^N$, $N\ge 2$, where $m$ is a positive parameter and $q>1$. We study particularly the local behaviour of solutions with an isolated singularity or the asymptotic behaviour for solutions defined in an exterior domain, and also the existence of solutions with the behaviours previously described. These behaviours change drastically according $q$ is smaller or larger than $2$. Many results are obtained by introducing various dynamical systems associated to the equation.

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