Polyharmonic inequalities with nonlocal terms

Abstract: We study the existence and non-existence of classical solutions for inequalities of type $$ \pm \Delta^m u \geq \big(\Psi(|x|)u^p\big)u^q \quad\mbox{ in } {\mathbb R}^N (N\geq 1). $$ Here, $\Delta^m$ $(m\geq 1)$ is the polyharmonic operator, $p, q>0$ and $$ denotes the convolution operator, where $\Psi>0$ is a continuous non-increasing function. We devise new methods to deduce that solutions of the above inequalities satisfy the poly-superharmonic property. This further allows us to obtain various Liouville type results. Our study is also extended to the case of systems of simultaneous inequalities.