On some nonlinear equations involving the<i>_p</i>-laplacian with critical sobolev growth and perturbation terms (Q3839809)

Let \(\Omega\) be a smooth bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), let \(a\), \(f\) and \(h\) be smooth functions on \(\overline{\Omega}\), and let \(p\in (1,n)\) and \(q\in (p,p^*)\) be two real numbers, where \(p^*= np/(n-p)\). We are concerned here with the existence of solutions \(u\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)\cap C^0(\overline{\Omega})\), positive or not, to the problem \[ -\text{div} (|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)+ a(x)|u|^{p-2}u= f(x)|u|^{p^*-2}u+ h(x)|u|^{q-2}u\text{ in }\Omega, \quad u\not\equiv 0,\;u=0 \text{ on }\partial\Omega. \] General existence results and specific existence results in the presence of symmetries are obtained.