Existence and multiplicity of solutions to elliptic equations of fourth order on compact manifolds (Q1036204)

This paper deals with fourth order elliptic equations over a compact and smooth Riemannian \(n\)-manifold \((M,g),\) \(n\geq 5.\) In particular, multiplicity of solutions to the equation \[ \Delta^2u+\nabla^i(a(x)\nabla_iu)+h(x)u=f(x)|u|^{q-2}u \] is proved in the subcritical case \(q\in (2,N),\) \(N=2n/(n-4);\) while existence of solutions is obtained in the case of equations with critical Sobolev growth \[ \Delta^2u+\nabla^i(a(x)\nabla_iu)+h(x)u=f(x)|u|^{N-2}u. \] Here the functions \(a,\) \(h\) and \(f\) are smooth over \(M\) and \(f\) is sign-changing which makes the analysis more difficult than in the case where \(f\) is of constant sign.