Adams type inequalities and related elliptic partial differential equations in dimension four (Q657455)

This paper is concerned with general integral inequalities of Adams type, that is, Trudinger-Moser inequalities for the bi-Laplace operator in \(\mathbb{R}^4\). In the first part of the paper, the author obtains various types of integral inequalities depending on one or two parameters. These results are optimal in terms of the parameters. The proofs rely on some new arguments given in [\textit{B. Ruf} and \textit{F. Sani}, ``Sharp Adams type inequalities in \(\mathbb{R}^n\)'', Trans. Am. Math. Soc., in press]. The second part of the paper is devoted to the qualitative study of several elliptic problems. The author discusses the existence and multiplicity of solutions to some fourth order variational problems. The approach combines Adams type inequalities with mountain-pass techniques and the Ekeland variational principle.