Boundary trace of positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in Lipschitz domains: the subcritical case

Abstract

We study the generalized boundary value problem for nonnegative solutions of of $-\Delta u+g(u)=0$ in a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega$, when $g$ is continuous and nondecreasing. Using the harmonic measure of $\Omega$, we define a trace in the class of outer regular Borel measures. We amphasize the case where $g(u)=|u|^{q-1}u$, $q>1$. When $\Omega$ is (locally) a cone with vertex $y$, we prove sharp results of removability and characterization of singular behavior. In the general case, assuming that $\Omega$ possesses a tangent cone at every boundary point and $q$ is subcritical, we prove an existence and uniqueness result for positive solutions with arbitrary boundary trace.