Nodal solutions for a quasilinear elliptic equation involving the \(p\)-Laplacian and critical exponents (Q680351)

The paper deals with the quasilinear equation \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta_p u+V(x)|u|^{p-2}u-\Delta_p(|u|^2)u= \lambda |u|^{q-2}u+|u|^{2p^*-2}u,\quad x\in \mathbb{R}^N,\cr u\to 0\;\text{as}\;|x|\to\infty, \end{cases} \] where \(\Delta_p\) is the \(p\)-Laplacian, \(p\in (2,N)\) and \(p^*=Np/(N-p).\) Assuming that \(\lambda>0,\) \(q\in(2p,2p^*),\) \(V\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^N)\cap L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^N),\) \(V(0)>0,\) \(V(x)=V(|x|)\) and \(V'(r)\geq0\) for all \(r=|x|\in(0,\infty),\) the authors obtain that for each given integer \(k\geq0\) there exists a radial sign-changing nodal solution with \(k+1\) nodal domains. The technique used is standard and relies on suitable change of variables and minimization arguments.