Some existence results for a paneitz type problem via the theory of critical points at infinity (Q1775763)

The authors prove some existence results for the following nonlinear problem under the Navier boundary condition \[ \begin{gathered} \Delta^2 u= Hu^p\quad\text{in }\Omega,\\ u> 0\quad\text{in }\Omega,\\ u=\Delta u= 0\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega,\end{gathered}\tag{1} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain (smooth) of \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(N\geq 5\), \(p+1= {2n\over n-4}\), is the critical exponent of the embedding \(H^2\cap H^1_0(\Omega)\) into \(L^{p+1}(\Omega)\) and \(H\) is a \(C^3\)-positive function in \(\overline\Omega\). The aim of this paper is to give sufficient conditions on \(H\) such that (1) possesses a solution.