Hardy-Sobolev equations with asymptotically vanishing singularity: blow-up analysis for the minimal energy (Q682179)

The paper deals with the family of Dirichlet problems \[ \begin{cases} \Delta u_\varepsilon+a(x)u_\varepsilon=\dfrac{u_\varepsilon^{2^\ast(s_\varepsilon)-1}}{| x|^{s_\varepsilon}} & \text{ in }\Omega,\\ u_\varepsilon=0 & \text{ on } \partial\Omega. \end{cases} \] Here \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n\) is a bounded domain containing the origin and \(n\geq3\), \((s_\varepsilon)_{\varepsilon > 0}\) is a sequence of positive real numbers with the property \(\lim_{\varepsilon \to 0} s_\varepsilon = 0,\) \(2^\ast(s_\varepsilon)=\frac{2(n-s_\varepsilon)}{n-2}\). In case the sequence \((u_\varepsilon)_{\varepsilon > 0}\) is uniformly bounded in \(L^\infty\), up to a subsequence, it converges strongly to a minimizing solution of the stationary critical Schrödinger equation. When the sequence blows up, the author uses the Pohozaev identity to localize the point of singularity, which can be at most be one, and derives the precise blow-up rates. It is shown that, if \(n = 3\) or \(a \equiv 0\), then blow-up can occur only at an interior point of \(\Omega\) or at the origin.