Blow-up analysis of a Finsler-Liouville equation in two dimensions (Q652498)

The main purpose of this paper is the blow-up analysis for a class of Liouville type equation with Finsler-Laplacian (or anisotropic Laplacian). Let \(Q\) denote the Finsler-Laplacian quasilinear operator. In the first part of this paper the nonlinear equation \(-Qu=V(x)e^u\) is studied, where \(V\geq 0\) and \(V\in L^p\) for some \(1<p\leq\infty\). The authors establish a Brezis-Merle type compactness-concentration property, which is then applied to prove a blow-up result. The second main goal of this paper is to prove existence results for the equation \[ -Qu=\lambda\,\frac{e^u}{\int_\Omega e^u} \] with vanishing Dirichlet boundary conditions. By using the direct method in calculus of variations, it is first deduced from the Moser-Trudinger inequality that, for \(\lambda < 8\kappa\), the problem with vanishing Dirichlet boundary conditions admits a solution, where \(\kappa\) denotes the area of a Wulff ball of radius 1. The main result in this case is a blow-up property, which is proved by a blow-up analysis combined with the Pohozaev identity. An important tool in all arguments is the existence and uniqueness of the Green function for the Finsler-Laplacian operator.