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November  2014, 34(11): 4947-4966. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2014.34.4947

## Liouville type theorem for nonlinear elliptic equation with general nonlinearity

 1 The Center for China's Overseas Interests, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Guangdong, 518060, China

Received  September 2013 Revised  December 2013 Published  May 2014

In this paper, we study the nonexistence of positive solutions for the following elliptic equation $$\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle -\Delta u=f(u) & in \quad \mathbb{R}_+^N, \displaystyle \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}=g(u) & on \quad \partial \mathbb{R}_+^N \end{array} \right.$$ and elliptic system $$\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle -\Delta u_1=f_1(u_1,u_2) &in \quad \mathbb{R}_+^N, \\ \\-\Delta u_2=f_2(u_1,u_2) & in\quad \mathbb{R}_+^N, \\ \displaystyle \\ \frac{\partial u_1}{\partial \nu}=g_1(u_1,u_2),\quad \frac{\partial u_2}{\partial \nu}=g_2(u_1,u_2) & on \quad \partial \mathbb{R}_+^N. \end{array} \right.$$ We will prove that these problems possess no positive solutions under some assumptions on nonlinear terms. The main technique we use is the moving plane method in an integral form.
Citation: Xiaohui Yu. Liouville type theorem for nonlinear elliptic equation with general nonlinearity. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2014, 34 (11) : 4947-4966. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2014.34.4947
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Math., 59 (2006), 330. doi: 10.1002/cpa.20116. Google Scholar [7] W. Chen, C. Li and B. Ou, Classification of solutions for a system of integral equations,, Comm. P.D.E., 30 (2005), 59. doi: 10.1081/PDE-200044445. Google Scholar [8] M. Chipot, M. Chlebik, M. Fila and I. Shafrir, Existence of positive solutions of a semilinear elliptic equation in $\mathbb R_+^n$ with a nonlinear boundary condition,, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 223 (1998), 429. doi: 10.1006/jmaa.1998.5958. Google Scholar [9] L. Damascelli and F. Gladiali, Some nonexistence results for positive solutions of elliptic equations in unbounded domains,, Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, 20 (2004), 67. Google Scholar [10] D. G. De Figueiredo and P. L. Felmer, A Liouville type theorem for Elliptic systems,, Ann. Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa Cl. Sci., 21 (1994), 387. Google Scholar [11] D. G. de Figueiredo, P. L. Lions and R. D. Nussbaum, A priori estimates and existence of positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equation,, J. Math. Pures. 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Google Scholar [17] F. Hang, X. Wang and X. Yan, An integral equation in conformal geometry,, Ann. Inst. H. Poincare Anal. Non Lineaire, 26 (2009), 1. doi: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.03.006. Google Scholar [18] B. Hu, Nonexistence of a positive solution of the Laplace equation with a nonlinear boundary condition,, Differential Integral Equations, 7 (1994), 301. Google Scholar [19] B. Hu and H. Yin, The profile near blowup time for solution of the heat equation with a nonlinear boundary condition,, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 346 (1994), 117. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9947-1994-1270664-3. Google Scholar [20] C. Jin and C. Li, Symmetry of solutions to some systems of integral equations,, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 134 (2006), 1661. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9939-05-08411-X. Google Scholar [21] C. Li and L. Ma, Uniqueness of positive bound states to Shrödinger systems with critical exponents,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 40 (2008), 1049. doi: 10.1137/080712301. Google Scholar [22] Y. Li and L. 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