An \(L^ q({\mathbb{R}}^ N)\)-theory of subcritical semilinear elliptic problems (Q914964)

Existence and asymptotic decay estimates are obtained for solutions \(u\in L^{2N(N-2)}({\mathbb{R}}^ N),\quad N\geq 3,\) of a class of semilinear elliptic problems including the subcritical Emden-Fowler type. The problems are not assumed to be radially symmetric. The method is based on the convergence in \(C^ 2_{loc}({\mathbb{R}}^ N)\) of a sequence of ``approximate solutions'' \(u_ k\in W_ 0^{1,2}({\mathbb{R}}^ N)\) for which \(\{u_ k\}\) is bounded in \(L^ Q({\mathbb{R}}^ N)\) for all \(Q\geq 2N/(N-2).\) In one case the solution is shown to have a removable singularity at \(\infty\).