A minimization problem on RN involving critical Sobolev exponent (Q4032191)

The authors develop some technical ideas in order to treat the minimization problem: \[ \inf\left\{\int_{R^ N} a_{ij}(u)D_ i uD_ j u\left| u\in{\mathcal D}^{1,2}(R^ N),\right.\int_{R^ N}| u|^{2^*}=1\right\}, \] where \(2^*=2N/(N-2)\), \(N\geq 3\). By analysing carefully the minimizing sequence, the authors define the corresponding minimization problem at infinity, and hence get the existence of a minimizer by using the concentration compactness principle.