%0 Journal Article %T Entire solutions of semilinear elliptic equations %A Alexander Gladkov %A Nickolai Slepchenkov %J Electronic Journal of Differential Equations %D 2004 %I Texas State University %X We consider existence of entire solutions of a semilinear elliptic equation $Delta u= k(x) f(u)$ for $x in mathbb{R}^n$, $nge3$. Conditions of the existence of entire solutions have been obtained by different authors. We prove a certain optimality of these results and new sufficient conditions for the nonexistence of entire solutions. %K Semilinear elliptic equation %K entire solutions %K nonexistence. %U http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2004/86/abstr.html