On semilinear elliptic equations with borderline Hardy potentials (Q464297)

The paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the equation \[ -\Delta u-\left(\dfrac{N-2}{N}\right)^2 \dfrac{u}{|x|^2} =h(x)u+f(x,u)\quad \mathrm{in}\;\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N,\;N\geq 3, \] where \(h\) is possibly singular at \(0\in\Omega\) but negligible with respect to the Hardy potential and \(f\) is subcritical with respect to the critical Sobolev exponent. Due to the presence of a borderline Hardy potential, a proper variational setting has to be introduced in order to provide a weak formulation of the equation studied. The authors use an Almgren-type monotonicity formula in order to determine the exact asymptotic behavior of solutions.