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Boundary blow-up solutions: gradient asymptotics and uniqueness

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 26 references
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Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded domain, and let $f$ be a nonnegative, nondecreasing function satisfying the Keller-Osserman condition. We study boundary blow-up solutions of $\Delta u=f(u)$ in $\Omega$. Although existence is classical, uniqueness under these assumptions is known in balls but remains open even for smooth convex domains. We identify the normalized gradient $Q_u=|\nabla u|^2/(2F(u))$, $F'=f$, as a quantity governing uniqueness. Under a structural condition on $f$, a boundary blow-up solution $u$ is unique if $\limsup_{x\to\partial\Omega}Q_u(x)\le 1$, without any regularity assumption on $\partial \Omega$. For $C^{1,1}$ domains, assuming a growth condition on $f$, we prove $Q_u(x)\to 1$ for every boundary blow-up solution and hence obtain uniqueness under the structural condition. For convex domains, we prove $Q_u\le 1$ for the minimal boundary blow-up solution and obtain uniqueness when $\sqrt F$ is eventually convex, without imposing any additional boundary regularity.

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