On a singular semilinear elliptic boundary value problem and the boundary Harnack principle
Abstract
We consider the singular boundary-value problem u = f(u) in D; u|dD= phi, where 1. D is a bounded C2-domain of Rd, d >= 3 2. f: (0,1) -> (0,1) is a locally H\"older continuous function such that f(u) -> 1 as u -> 0 at the rate u-α, for some α in (0,1), 3. and phi is a positive continuous function satisfying certain growth assumptions. We show existence of solutions bounded below by a positive harmonic function, which are smooth in D and continuous in D-bar. Such solutions are shown to satisfy a boundary Harnack principle. Probabilistic techniques are used in proving the main results.
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