# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2015, 35(7): 3239-3252. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.3239

## Isolated singularity for semilinear elliptic equations

 1 School of Mathematical and Statistics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China 2 Department of Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539

Received  December 2013 Revised  August 2014 Published  January 2015

In this paper, we study a class of semilinear elliptic equations with the Hardy potential. By means of the super-subsolution method and the comparison principle, we explore the existence of a minimal positive solution and a maximal positive solution. Through a scaling technique, we obtain the asymptotic property of positive solutions near the origin. Finally, the nonexistence of a positive solution is proven when the parameter is larger than a critical value.
Citation: Lei Wei, Zhaosheng Feng. Isolated singularity for semilinear elliptic equations. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2015, 35 (7) : 3239-3252. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.3239
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