Symmetry of Solutions to Semilinear Equations Involving the Fractional Laplacian on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\mathbb{R}^n_+$

Abstract

Let $0<\alpha<2$ be any real number. In this paper, we investigate the following semilinear equations involving the fractional Laplacian \begin{equation}(-\bigtriangleup)^{\alpha/2} u(x)=f(u),\end{equation} on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\mathbb{R}^n_+$. Applying a direct method of moving planes for the fractional Laplacian, we prove symmetry and nonexistence of positive solutions on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\mathbb{R}^n_+$ under mild conditions on $f$.