# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

February  2019, 39(2): 1157-1170. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2019049

## Characterization for the existence of bounded solutions to elliptic equations

 1 LAMMDA-ESST Hammam Sousse, Université de Sousse, Tunisie 2 LAMMDA-ISIM Monastir, Université de Monastir, Tunisie

* Corresponding author: mohamed.benchrouda@isimm.rnu.tn

Received  May 2018 Revised  August 2018 Published  November 2018

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for which the elliptic equation
 $\Delta u = \rho (x)\Phi (u)\;\;\;\;{\rm{in}}\;\;\;\;{\mathbb{R}^d}\;\;\;(d \ge 3)$
has nontrivial bounded solutions.
Citation: Adnan Ben Aziza, Mohamed Ben Chrouda. Characterization for the existence of bounded solutions to elliptic equations. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2019, 39 (2) : 1157-1170. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2019049
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