Single blow-up solutions for a slightly subcritical biharmonic equation (Q2491406)

Summary: We consider a biharmonic equation under the Navier boundary condition and with a nearly critical exponent (\(P_\varepsilon\)): \(\Delta^2u=u^{9-\varepsilon}\), \(u>0\) in \(\Omega\) and \(u=\Delta u=0\) on \(\partial\Omega\), where \(\Omega\) is a smooth bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^5\), \(\varepsilon>0\). We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of (\(P_\varepsilon\)) which are minimizing for the Sobolev quotient as \(\varepsilon\) goes to zero. We show that such solutions concentrate around a point \(x_0 \in \Omega\) as \(\varepsilon\rightarrow 0\), moreover \(x_0\) is a critical point of the Robin's function. Conversely, we show that for any nondegenerate critical point \(x_0\) of the Robin's function, there exist solutions of (\(P_\varepsilon\)) concentrating around \(x_0\) as \(\varepsilon\rightarrow 0\).