Critical exponents, critical dimensions and the biharmonic operator (Q2644852)

The object of this paper is to find non-trivial solutions of the problem \[ \Delta^ 2u-u| u|^{8/(n-h)}-\lambda u=0\text{ in } \Omega,\quad u=\partial u/\partial n=0\text{ on } \partial \Omega \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded open set in \({\mathbb{R}}^ N\), \(N\geq 5\) and \(\lambda <\lambda_ 1\) where \(\lambda_ 1\) is the first eigenvalue of the problem \[ \Delta^ 2u=\lambda u\text{ in } \Omega,\quad u=\partial u/\partial n=0\text{ on } \partial \Omega. \] The procedures adopted are closely related to the methods developed by Brézis and Nirenberg for second order elliptic problems with critical growth non-linearity.