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Positive radial solutions for a quasilinear system. (English) Zbl 1100.34018
The authors use the Schauder fixed-point theorem to show the existence of positive radial solutions for the general quasilinear system
$-\text{div } \big ( | Du| ^{p-2}Du \big ) = a(x) f(u, v), x \in B_1,$
$-\text{div } \big ( | Dv| ^{q-2}Dv \big ) = b(x) g(u, v), x \in B_1,$
$u(x) = v(x) = 0, x \in \partial B_1,$
where $$p,q > 1$$ and $$B_1$$ is the unit ball in $$\mathbb{R}^n$$, $$B_1 = \{ x \in {\mathbb{R}}^n : | x| < 1 \}$$. Their main assumptions on the functions $$a$$ and $$b$$ are that these functions are integrable over $$[0, 1]$$ and that their integrals are positive. There are no assumptions made on the functions $$f$$ and $$g$$ at either zero or infinity. This is a well written and easy to read paper that will appeal to anyone studying quasilinear equations or systems of quasilinear equations.

##### MSC:
 34B18 Positive solutions to nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations 34B15 Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations 35J20 Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations
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