A Hopf type lemma for fractional equations

Li, Congming; Chen, Wenxiong

doi:10.1090/proc/14342

A Hopf type lemma for fractional equations
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by Congming Li and Wenxiong Chen

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 147 (2019), 1565-1575

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/14342

Published electronically: January 8, 2019

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Abstract:

In this paper, we prove a Hopf type lemma for anti-symmetric functions involving fractional equations. We believe that it will become a powerful tool in applying the method of moving planes on fractional equations to obtain qualitative properties of solutions.

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