Analysis/PDE Reading Seminar
Date: April 24, 2017
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Bloc628
Speaker: Vitaly Moroz, Swansea University
Title: Variational methods in nonlinear elliptic problems
Abstract: We discuss variational approach to nonlinear elliptic equations on bounded and unbounded domains. In particular, we prove existence, positivity and in some cases radial symmetry of the ground-state solutions. Topics include: Sobolev and Poincare inequalities, Rellich-Kondrachov theorem, Pohozaev identity, constrained minimization.