Boundary blow-up solutions in the unit ball: Asymptotics, uniqueness and symmetry

We calculate the full asymptotic expansion of boundary blow-up solutions (see Eq. (1) below), for any nonlinearity f. Our approach enables us to state sharp qualitative results regarding uniqueness and radial symmetry of solutions, as well as a characterization of nonlinearities for which the blow-up rate is universal. Lastly, we study in more detail the standard nonlinearities f(u)=up, p>1.