Multi-bump solutions of \(-\Delta = K(x)u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}}\) on lattices in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) (Q1789364)

The paper studies the properties of the positive solutions to the semilinear equation \[ -\Delta u= K(x) u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}}\quad \text{in}\;\mathbb{R}^n,\quad n\geq 5. \] Here \(K\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^n)\) is a positive and \(1\)-periodic function in the variables \((x_1,\ldots, x_k)\) with \(1\leq k<\frac{n-2}{2}\), \(0<\inf_{\mathbb{R}^n} K\leq \sup_{\mathbb{R}^n} K<\infty\), and \(0\) is a critical point of \(K\) satisfying the following condition: there exists a real number \(\beta\in(n-2,n)\) such that \[ K(x)=K(0)+\sum_{i=1}^n a_i|x_i|^\beta +R(x) \] near \(0\), where \(a_i\neq0\), \(\sum_{i=1}^n a_i<0\), and \(R\) is \(C^{[\beta]-1,1}\)-smooth near \(0\) with the property \[ \sum_{s=0}^{[\beta]} |\nabla^s R(y)||y|^{-\beta+s}=o(1)\quad \text{as}\;y\to0. \] The authors prove the existence of multi-bump solutions of the above equation where the centers of bumps can be placed in some lattices in \(\mathbb{R}^k\) including infinite lattices. It is also shown that the result is optimal in the sense that, for \(k\geq \frac{n-2}{2},\) no such solutions exist.