Semilinear subelliptic problems with critical growth on Carnot groups (Q2465209)

The author investigates the existence and multiplicity for semilinear equations with critical growth relative to the subLaplacian on a Carnot groups. The problem has been investigated in the elliptic case in a well known paper of \textit{H. Brezis} and \textit{L. Nirenberg} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 36, 437--477 (1983; Zbl 0541.35029)] and by \textit{G. Citti} [Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. (4) 169, 375--392 (1995; Zbl 0848.35040)]. The methods is the one of Brezis-Nirenberg. This method is founded on the exact knowledge of Sobolev extremals. In the present case those extremals are not known but using results of \textit{N. Garofalo} and \textit{D. Vassilev} [Math. Ann. 318, No. 3, 453--516 (2000; Zbl 1158.35341)] and \textit{A. Bonfiglioli} and \textit{F. Uguzzoni} [J. Funct. Anal. 207, No. 1, 161--215 (2004; Zbl 1045.35018)] enough information on their behavior can be obtained.