Existence and multiplicity of solutions for sublinear Schrödinger equations with coercive potentials (Q2298977)

Summary: In this study, we consider the following sublinear Schrödinger equations \(\begin{cases} - \Delta u + V \left(x\right) u = f \left(x, u\right), \& \text{ for } x \in \mathbb{R}^N, \\ u \left(x\right) \longrightarrow 0, \& \text{ as } \left|u\right| \longrightarrow \infty, \end{cases}\) where \(f \left(x, u\right)\) satisfies some sublinear growth conditions with respect to \(u\) and is not required to be integrable with respect to \(x\). Moreover, \(V\) is assumed to be coercive to guarantee the compactness of the embedding from working space to \(L^p \left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)\) for all \(p \in \left[1, 2^\ast\right)\). We show that the abovementioned problem admits at least one solution by using the linking theorem, and there are infinitely many solutions when \(f \left(x, u\right)\) is odd in \(u\) by using the variant fountain theorem.