Positive solutions of singular elliptic systems with multiple parameters and Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg exponents (Q313447)

The paper deals with the existence of positive solutions to the boundary value problem \[ -{\text{div}} (| x| ^{-ap}| \nabla u| ^{p-2}\nabla u) = | x| ^{-(a+1)p+c_1}(\lambda_1 A(x) f (v) + \mu_1C(x)h(u))\text{ in } \Omega, \] \[ -{\text{div}} (| x| ^{-bp}| \nabla v| ^{q-2}\nabla v) = | x| ^{-(b+1)q+c_2}(\lambda_2 B(x) g (u) + \mu_2D(x)\tau(v)) \text{ in } \Omega, \] \[ u=v=0 \text{ on } \Omega, \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb R^N\) with \(0\in\Omega\), \(1<p,q<N\), \(0\leq a < (N-p)/p\), \(0\leq b <(N-q)/q\), \(c_1\), \(c_2\), \(\lambda_1\), \(\lambda_2\), \(\mu_1\), \(\mu_2\) are positive parameters. It is assumed that the nonlinear terms \(f, g, h, \tau\colon [0,\infty) \to [0,\infty)\) are nondecreasing continuous functions and the potentials \(A, B, C\), and \(D\) are \(C^1\) sign-changing functions, that may be negative only near the boundary. By studying the competition between the Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg exponents, the sign-changing potentials and the nonlinear terms, an interval on the range of multiple parameters is established over which solutions exist in an appropriate weighted Sobolev space. The arguments rely on the method of weak sub- and super-solutions.