A concentration phenomenon for \(p\)-Laplacian equation (Q2336167)

Summary: It is proved that if the bounded function of coefficient \(Q_n\) in the following equation \(-\operatorname{div}\{ |\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u\} + V(x) |u|^{p-2} u= Q_n (x) |u|^{q-2}u\) as \(x\in \partial \Omega\). \(u(x)\to 0\) as \(|x|\to \infty\) is positive in a region contained in \(\Omega\) and negative outside the region, the sets \(\{Q_n > 0 \}\) shrink to a point \(x_0 \in \Omega\) as \(n \to\infty\), and then the sequence \(u_n\) generated by the nontrivial solution of the same equation, corresponding to \(Q_n\), will concentrate at \(x_0\) with respect to \(W_0^{1, p}(\Omega)\) and certain \(L^s(\Omega)\)-norms. In addition, if the sets \(\{Q_n > 0 \}\) shrink to finite points, the corresponding ground states \(\{u_n \}\) only concentrate at one of these points. These conclusions extend the results proved in the work of \textit{N. Ackermann} and \textit{A. Szulkin} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 207, No. 3, 1075--1089 (2013; Zbl 1266.35074)] for case \(p = 2\).