Blowup analysis for integral equations on bounded domains (Q1733228)

Let us consider the integral equation \[ f^ {q-1}(x) = \int_{\Omega}\frac{f (y)}{ |x - y|^{n-\alpha}} dy, \] where $f (x) > 0$ , $x \in {\bar \Omega},$ and $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^n $ is a smooth bounded domain. For $1 <\alpha < n$, Dou and Zhu [6,7] proved the existence of energy maximizing positive solution in the subcritical case $2 < q< \frac{2n}{ n+\alpha}$, and the nonexistence of energy maximizing positive solution in the critical case $q = \frac{2n}{ n+\alpha}$. For $\alpha >n$, \textit{J. Dou} et al. [Adv. Math. 312, 1--45 (2017; Zbl 1377.46018)], proved the existence of energy minimizing positive solution in the subcritical case $0 < q< \frac{2n}{ n+\alpha}$, and nonexistence of energy minimizing positive solution in the critical case $q = \frac{2n}{ n+\alpha}$. \par In this paper, the author extends the previous results in the limiting cases. More precisely, the author analyzes the blowup behaviour of energy maximizing positive solution as $q \rightarrow ( \frac{2n}{ n+\alpha} )_+$ (in the case $1 <\alpha < n$), obtaining results quite similar to that of the elliptic equation involving the subcritical Sobolev exponent. The authors studies also the blowup behaviour of energy minimizing positive solution as $q \rightarrow ( \frac{2n}{ n+\alpha} )_-$ (in the case $\alpha>n$) finding new, interesting and different phenomena.