Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2011
Liouville theorems are obtained for fourth order elliptic systems of the form Δ2U + B Δ U + AU = 0 and for fourth order nonlinear equations of the form Δ2u−q(x) Δu + p(x)f(u) = 0 as a consequence of two related subharmonic functions, the mean value property of subharmonic functions, and a basic Green identity.