Some symmetric boundary value problems and non-symmetric solutions

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Code:
29/2014
Title:
Some symmetric boundary value problems and non-symmetric solutions
Date:
Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Author(s):
Arioli, G.; Koch, H.
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Abstract:
We consider the equation −∆u = wf′(u) on a symmetric bounded domain in Rn with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Here w is a positive function or measure that is invariant under the (Euclidean) symmetries of the domain. We focus on solutions u that are positive and/or have a low Morse index. Our results are concerned with the existence of non-symmetric solutions and the non-existence of symmetric solutions. In particular, we construct a solution u for the disk in R2 that has index 2 and whose modulus |u| has only one reflection symmetry.