Fractional Elliptic Systems with Nonlinearities of Arbitrary Growth

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the existence, uniqueness and regularity of solutions of the following system of coupled semilinear Poisson equations on a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$: [ \left{{llll} \mathcal{A}^s u= v^p & {\rm in} \ \ \Omega \mathcal{A}^s v = f(u) & {\rm in} \ \ \Omega u= v=0 & {\rm on} \ \ \partial\Omega \right. ] where $s\in (0, 1)$ and $\mathcal{A}^s$ denote spectral fractional Laplace operators. We assume that $1< p<\frac{2s}{n-2s}$, and the function $f$ is superlinear and with no growth restriction (for example $f(r)=re^r$); thus the system has a nontrivial solution. Another important example is given by $f(r)=r^q$. In this case, we prove that such a system admits at least one positive solution for a certain set of the couple $(p,q)$ below the critical hyperbola [ \frac{1}{p + 1} + \frac{1}{q + 1} = \frac{n - 2s}{n} ] whenever $n > 2s$. For such weak solutions, we prove an $L^\infty$ estimate of Brezis-Kato type and derive the regularity property of the weak solutions.