Ground state and multiple solutions for a critical exponent problem (Q442559)

This paper establishes a multiplicity result for a class of nonlinear elliptic equations with Dirichlet boundary condition and involving a nonlinearity with the critical Sobolev exponent. The proof combines a constraint method and the Krasnoselski genus theory without the Palais-Smale condition. Energy estimates from below for ground state solutions are also provided in the present paper.