Existence and nonexistence of ground states for a class of quasilinear Schrödinger equations (Q2809502)

In this paper, the authors study the following quasilinear Schrödinger equations: NEWLINE\[NEWLINE -\Delta u + V(x)u - u\Delta(u^2) = K(x)u^3, \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^3. NEWLINE\]NEWLINE They assume that \(V\) and \(K\) are suitable perturbations of continuous, \(1\)-periodic maps. They establish the existence and the nonexistence of ground states. The proofs rely on the method of Nehari manifold and the concentration-compactness lemma.