Symmetry and nonexistence of positive solutions for fractional Choquard equations (Q2305477)

The authors consider the following fractional and nonlocal equation in \(\mathbb R^{n}\), \(n\geq2\): \[ (-\Delta )^{\alpha/2} u=\left( |x|^{\beta-n}*u^{p}\right)u ^{p-1}, \quad u\geq0, \] where \(0<\alpha\), \(\beta<2\), \(1\leq p<+\infty\). By means of the maximum principle, moving planes and the Kelvin transform, the authors prove that in the subcritical case (\(n/(n -\alpha )\leq p< (n+\beta)/(n-\alpha)\)) the problem has no positive solutions, while in the critical case \(p=(n+\beta)/(n-\alpha)\), the positive solutions are radially symmetric and monotone decreasing about some point.