Energy and Morse index of solutions of Yamabe type problems on thin annuli (Q2388670)

Summary: In this paper we consider the following Yamabe type family of problem \((P_\varepsilon): \quad -\Delta u_\varepsilon = u_\varepsilon ^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}},\;u_\varepsilon > 0\) in \(A_\varepsilon\), \(u_\varepsilon =0\) on \(\partial A_\varepsilon\), where \(A_\varepsilon\) is an annulus-shaped domain of \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n\geq 3\), which becomes thinner when \(\varepsilon\to 0\). We show that for every solution \(u_{\varepsilon}\), the energy \(\int_{A_{\varepsilon}} \, |u_{\varepsilon}|^2\), as well as the Morse index tends to infinity as \(\varepsilon\to 0\). Such a result is proved through a fine blow-up analysis of some appropriate scalings of solutions whose limiting profiles are regular as well as singular solutions of some elliptic problem on \(\mathbb{R}^n\), a half space or an infinite strip. Our argument involves also a Liouville-type theorem for regular solutions on the infinite strip.