Existência e Multiplicidade de Soluções Autossimilares para uma Equação do Calor

Abstract

In this work, we obtain existence, nonexistence and multiplicity of solutions for the elliptic partial differential equation u 1 2 (x:ru) + "jujp1u = u; x 2 RN; where N 3, " = 1, > 0 and 1 < p (N + 2)=(N 2). Such equation is obtained when we look for self-similar solutions for certain nonlinear heat equations. To obtain the main results, we use variational methods, more precisely, minimization arguments, Lagrange multipliers theorem and elliptic regularity results.