Singular solutions to a semilinear biharmonic equation with a general critical nonlinearity

Abstract

We consider positive solutions $u$ of the semilinear biharmonic equation $\Delta^2 u = |x|^{-\frac{n+4}{2}} g(|x|^\frac{n-4}{2} u)$ in $\mathbb R^n \setminus \{0\}$ with non-removable singularities at the origin. Under natural assumptions on the nonlinearity $g$, we show that $|x|^\frac{n-4}{2} u$ is a periodic function of $\ln |x|$ and we classify all such solutions.Comment: To V. Maz'ya on the occasion of his 80th birthday; references adde