Some results for semilinear elliptic equations with critical potential (Q4328987)

The authors study the behaviour of the following elliptic problem with a critical potential, that is \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=\lambda h(x) {|u|^{q-1} \over|x|^2} +g(x)|u|^{p-1}u, & x\in \Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^N \\ u(x)=0,& x\in\partial \Omega,\end{cases} \] where \(N\geq 3\), \(\lambda\geq 0\) and \(0<q<1<p\leq{N+2 \over N-2}\). Here \(\Omega\) is either a bounded domain with smooth boundary and \(0\in\Omega\), or \(\Omega=\mathbb{R}^N\). Under suitable assumptions on \(h\) and \(g\), the authors prove existence, multiplicity behaviour in \(x=0\) and the bifurcation problem. The authors indicate that most of the results obtained here can be extended to more general elliptic operators.