Asymptotic behavior of solutions to a planar Hartree equation with isolated singularities
Tao Feng, Minbo Yang, Xianmei Zhou
TL;DR
The paper addresses the asymptotic behavior near isolated singularities for the planar Hartree equation with a nonlocal exponential nonlinearity, and extends the results to general nonnegative coefficients and to higher-order Hartree equations in $n\ge 3$. It develops a representation formula that decomposes singular solutions into a logarithmic part, a regular polyharmonic/harmonic component, and a logarithmic potential $v$ driven by the nonlocal term. Under finite total curvature and small-$r$ decay assumptions, the authors prove that the singularity is captured by a logarithmic term with coefficient $b$ and that the remainder is Hölder continuous, with precise thresholds on $b$ depending on $\alpha$ and the dimension. The results unify the treatment of even and odd dimensions and extend to a general coefficient $K(x)$, offering a PDE-based framework for nonlocal Hartree-type problems and a rigorous classification of local singularities.
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the isolated singularities of the Hartree type equation \begin{equation*} -Δu (x)= \left(\frac{1}{|x|^α}*e^u\right)e^{u(x)}\quad \text{in } B_{1}\setminus\{0\} , \end{equation*} where $α>0$, $\displaystyle \frac{1}{|x|^α}*e^u\triangleq\int_{B_{1} \setminus \{0\}}\frac{e^u(y)}{|x-y|^α}dy$, and the punctured ball $B_{1}\setminus\{0\}\subset \mathbb{R}^2$. Under the finite total curvature condition, by establishing a representation formula for singular solutions, we obtain the asymptotic behavior of the solutions near the origin. We also extend this asymptotic behavior results to the case with a general non-negative coefficient $K(x)$, and to the higher-order Hartree-type equations in any dimension $n \geq 3$.
