## Analysis & PDE

• Anal. PDE
• Volume 8, Number 4 (2015), 807-837.

### Classification of blowup limits for $\mathrm{SU}(3)$ singular Toda systems

#### Abstract

For singular $SU(3)$ Toda systems, we prove that the limit of energy concentration is a finite set. In addition, for fully bubbling solutions we use a Pohozaev identity to prove a uniform estimate. Our results extend previous results of Jost, Lin and Wang on regular $SU(3)$ Toda systems.

#### Article information

Source
Anal. PDE, Volume 8, Number 4 (2015), 807-837.

Dates
Revised: 21 January 2015
Accepted: 6 March 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 16 November 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.apde/1510843114

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/apde.2015.8.807

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3366004

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1322.35038

Subjects
Primary: 35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations
Secondary: 35J55

#### Citation

Lin, Chang-Shou; Wei, Jun-cheng; Zhang, Lei. Classification of blowup limits for $\mathrm{SU}(3)$ singular Toda systems. Anal. PDE 8 (2015), no. 4, 807--837. doi:10.2140/apde.2015.8.807. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.apde/1510843114

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