Existence of solutions of a non-linear eigenvalue problem with a variable weight

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2018.08.001MaRDI QIDQ1627712zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 3 December 2018

Published in Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05653

Brezis-Nirenberg problem critical Sobolev exponent minimization problem nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Existence problems for PDEs: global existence, local existence, non-existence (35A01) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Quasilinear elliptic equations (35J62) Nonlinear eigenvalue problems and nonlinear spectral theory for PDEs (35P30)

Abstract: We study the non-linear minimization problem on

H_{0}^{1} (O m e g a) s u b s e t L^{q}

with

q = f r a c 2 n n - 2

,

a l p h a > 0

and

n g e q 4

~: [inf_{substack{uin H^1_0(Omega) |u|_{L^q}=1}}int_Omega a(x,u)|

abla u|^2 - lambda int_{Omega} |u|^2.] where $a (x, s)$ presents a global minimum $a l p h a$ at $(x_{0}, 0)$ with $x_{0} i n O m e g a$ . In order to describe the concentration of $u (x)$ around $x_{0}$ , one needs to calibrate the behaviour of $a (x, s)$ with respect to $s$ . The model case is [inf_{substack{uin H^1_0(Omega) |u|_{L^q}=1}}int_Omega (alpha+|x|^�eta |u|^k)|

abla u|^2 - lambda int_{Omega} |u|^2.] In a previous paper dedicated to the same problem with

l a m b d a = 0

, we showed that minimizers exist only in the range

, which corresponds to a dominant non-linear term. On the contrary, the linear influence for

prevented their existence. The goal of this present paper is to show that for

0 < l a m b d a l e q a l p h a l a m b d a_{1} (O m e g a)

,

0 l e q k l e q q - 2

and

, minimizers do exist.

Review text

The authors consider the minimization problem \[ S_\lambda(a) = \inf \left\{ \int_\Omega a(x,u) |\nabla u|^2 \, dx - \lambda \int_\Omega |u|^2 \, dx:~ u \in H_0^1(\Omega),~ \int_\Omega |u|^q \, dx = 1 \right\}, \] where $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n \geq 4$, $\lambda \geq 0$, and $q = \frac{2n}{n-2}$ is the critical Sobolev exponent. The function $a(x,s)$ is a smooth function and which has a global minimum $\alpha>0$ at $(x_0,0)$, where $x_0 \in \Omega$. The main model case for $a(x,s)$ is $\alpha + |x|^\beta |s|^k$. Under the assumptions $\beta=0$ and $k=0$, $S_\lambda(a)$ is the classical minimization problem studied in [\textit{H. Brézis} and \textit{L. Nirenberg}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 36, 437--477 (1983; Zbl 0541.35029)]. The case $\lambda=0$ was studied in [\textit{S. Bae} et al., J. Math. Anal. Appl. 396, No. 1, 98--107 (2012; Zbl 1256.49002)], where it was shown what $S_0 (\alpha + |x|^\beta |u|^k)$ possesses a minimizer only when $\beta < \frac{kn}{q}$. In the main result of the article, it is proved that $S_\lambda(\alpha + |x|^\beta |u|^k)$ possesses a minimizer provided $0<\lambda \leq \alpha \lambda_1(\Omega)$, $0 \leq k \leq q-2$, and $\beta > \frac{kn}{q}+2$. The proof follows the general principles of \textit{H. Brézis} and \textit{L. Nirenberg} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 36, 437--477 (1983; Zbl 0541.35029)]. The imposed assumptions, their limitations, and corresponding open problems are thoroughly discussed. A generalization of the main result to $a(x,s)$ in a general form is also given.

Recommendations

Cites work

Cited in

(3)

This page was built for publication: Existence of solutions of a non-linear eigenvalue problem with a variable weight

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1627712)