Positive solutions for a class of nonlinear elliptic problems in R^<i>N</i> (Q4948451)

Let \(p>2\) and \(p< 2N/(N- 2)\) if \(N>2\), \(a\in L^{N/2}(\mathbb{R}^N)\) such that \(a\geq 0\), \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} a(x) e^{2|x|}(1+|x|^{N- 1}) dx<+\infty\), \(F_a: H^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^N)\to \mathbb{R}\), \(F_a(u)= \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}(|\nabla u|^2+(1+ a)u^2) dx\), \(V= \{u\in H^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^N):|u|_p= 1\}\), \(m= \inf\{F_0(u): u\in V\}\), \(\chi:\mathbb{R}^N\to \mathbb{R}^N\), \(\chi(x)= x/(1+|x|)\). Theorem 1. There exists a nonnegative critical point \(v\) for \(F_a\) constrained on \(V\) such that \(\inf\{F_a(u): u\in V\), \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} \chi|u|^p dx= 0\}\leq F_a(v)< 2^{1-2/p}m\). Theorem 2. Let \(a_n\in L^{N/2}(\mathbb{R}^N)\) such that \(a_n\geq 0\), \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} a_n(x) e^{2|x|}(1+|x|^{N- 1}) dx< +\infty\), \(\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n= +\infty\) a.e. and for every \(n\) let \(v_n\) be a nonnegative critical point provided by Theorem 1, then \(\lim_{n\to\infty} F_{a_n}(v_n)= 2^{1-2/p}m\). Theorem 3. Let \(a^j_n\in L^{N/2}(\mathbb{R}^N)\) such that \(a^j_n\geq 0\), \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} a^j_n(x) e^{2|x|}(1+|x|^{N- 1}) dx< +\infty\), \(\lim_{n\to\infty} a^j_n= +\infty\) a.e. for \(j= 1,\dots, k\), then there exist \(v_i: \mathbb{N}^{i- 1}\to \mathbb{Z}_+\) for \(i= 1,\dots, k\), \(R_j: \mathbb{R}^j_+\to \mathbb{R}_+\) for \(j= 1,\dots, k-1\) such that there exist at least \(2k-1\) distinct nonnegative critical points \(v_i\) \((i= 1,\dots, 2k-1)\) of \(F_a\) on \(V\) whenever \(a= \sum^k_{j=1} a^j_{n_j}(.- x_j)\) with \(n_j> v_j\) \((n_1,\dots, n_{j-1})\) and \(x_1,\dots, x_k\in \mathbb{R}^N\), \(|x_j|> R_{j-1}(|x_1|,\dots,|x_{j- 1}|)\) for \(j= 2,\dots, k\). Moreover, \(\lim_{x_{i+ 1}\to \infty} F_a(v_i)= m\) for \(i= 1,\dots, k-1\), \(\lim_{n_j\to\infty} F_a(v_{j+ k-1})= 2^{1-2/p}m\) for \(j= 1,\dots, k\).