In this paper, we prove the existence of solutions for an elliptic system. More precisely, we combine the potential theory with the sub-super solution method and use the properties of the well-known Kato class to justify our existence results. The novelty of our study is that we consider either the bounded or the exterior domain; Also, the nonlinearities may be singular near the boundary. Some examples are presented to validate our main results.
Citation: Abdeljabbar Ghanmi, Hadeel Z. Alzumi, Noureddine Zeddini. A sub-super solution method to continuous weak solutions for a semilinear elliptic boundary value problems on bounded and unbounded domains[J]. Electronic Research Archive, 2024, 32(6): 3742-3757. doi: 10.3934/era.2024170
In this paper, we prove the existence of solutions for an elliptic system. More precisely, we combine the potential theory with the sub-super solution method and use the properties of the well-known Kato class to justify our existence results. The novelty of our study is that we consider either the bounded or the exterior domain; Also, the nonlinearities may be singular near the boundary. Some examples are presented to validate our main results.
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