The Brezis-Nirenberg problem for the Laplacian with a singular drift in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and \(\mathbb{S}^n\) (Q2358256)

The aim of the paper is the range of values of \(\lambda\) and \(\delta\) of the problem \[ -\Delta u + \delta \frac{\vec{x}}{|x|^2}\nabla u = \lambda u + |u|^{4/(n-2-\delta)}u, \] for which positive radial smooth solutions exist, where \(u \in H_0^1(\Omega) \) and \(\Omega\) is the ball in \(\mathbb{R}^n, n\geq 3,\) centered at the origin. For \(n=3,4,5\), the exact values are given for which a unique positive radial solution \( u \in H_0^1(\Omega) \) exists. This problem is a general version of the Brezis-Nirenberg problem \[ -\Delta_{\mathbb{S}^n}u = \lambda u + |u|^{4/(n-2)}u, \] where \(u \in H_0^1(D)\), \(D \) is a geodesic ball on the \(n\)-dimensional sphere \(\mathbb{S}^n\), \(n \geq 3\). Here the authors consider positive radial solutions defined on geodesic caps centered at the North-Pole satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions. These solutions satisfy an ordinary differential equation, and here also the range of the parameters is given for which positive solution exist.