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Nonradial Solutions of a Nonlinear Elliptic Equation

Andersson, Sebastian LU (2017) In Bachelor's Theses in Mathematical Sciences MATK01 20162
Mathematics (Faculty of Sciences)
Abstract
We consider the partial differential equation ∆u + f(u) = 0 in two dimensions,where f is a nonlinear function of u. Under certain assumptions on f we show that the equation has non-radial C² solutions with u(x) → 0 as |x| → 0 with an arbitrary number of zeros on each axis. The equation has applications in Bose-Einstein condensation and water waves among other fields. We also look at numerical solutions in the special case f(u) = |u|²u − u.
Popular Abstract (Swedish)
I detta arbete studerar vi en partiell differentialekvation som bland annat används som en modell för vattenvågor och Bose-Einstein-kondensat. Vi undersöker lösningar som är icke-radiella och går mot noll i oändligheten. Genom att göra en speciell ansats reducerar vi ekvationen till en ordinär differentialekvation. Vi visar att denna ekvation har lösningar med godtyckligt antal nollställen. Vi undersöker även numeriska lösningar.
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author
Andersson, Sebastian LU
supervisor
organization
course
MATK01 20162
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
publication/series
Bachelor's Theses in Mathematical Sciences
report number
LUNFMA-4057-2017
ISSN
1654-6229
other publication id
2017:K3
language
English
id
8904338
date added to LUP
2017-03-28 14:34:17
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2017-03-28 14:34:17
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  author       = {{Andersson, Sebastian}},
  issn         = {{1654-6229}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Bachelor's Theses in Mathematical Sciences}},
  title        = {{Nonradial Solutions of a Nonlinear Elliptic Equation}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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