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Local Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions of the Equation \(\Delta u + \left( {1 + \varepsilon \varphi \left( r \right)} \right){u^{\tfrac{{n + 2}}{{n - 2}}}} = 0\), in ℝn and a Related Equation

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Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States, 3

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We will consider radial solutions of the following problem: where, ϕ is a continuous radial function and ɛ is a small real parameter. This equation and its generalizations have been studied in a large numbers of papers (see for example [BE], [DN], [LN], [NI1&2]).

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Bianchi, G., Egnell, H. (1992). Local Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions of the Equation \(\Delta u + \left( {1 + \varepsilon \varphi \left( r \right)} \right){u^{\tfrac{{n + 2}}{{n - 2}}}} = 0\), in ℝn and a Related Equation. In: Lloyd, N.G., Ni, W.M., Peletier, L.A., Serrin, J. (eds) Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States, 3. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 7. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0393-3_8

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