On multiplicity of positive solutions for nonlocal equations with critical nonlinearity

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2020.111853MaRDI QIDQ2183457zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mousomi Bhakta, Patrizia Pucci

Publication date 27 May 2020

Published in Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.02665

zbMATH Keywords

fractional Laplacianmin-max methodPalais-Smale decompositionpositive solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical exponents in context of PDEs (35B33) Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Variational methods for elliptic systems (35J50) Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Fractional partial differential equations (35R11)

Abstract: This paper deals with existence and multiplicity of positive solutions to the following class of nonlocal equations with critical nonlinearity: �egin{equation} ag{$mathcalE$} (-Delta)^s u = a(x) |u|^{2^*_s-2}u+f(x);; ext{in};mathbb{R}^{N}, quad u in dot{H}^s(mathbb{R}^{N}), end{equation} where $sin(0,1)$, $N>2s$, $2_s^{\ast }:=frac2NN-2s$, $0<ain{L}^{i}nfty(mathbb{R}^N)$ and $f$ is a nonnegative nontrivial functional in the dual space of $dot{H}^s$. We prove existence of a positive solution whose energy is negative. Further, under the additional assumption that $a$ is a continuous function, $a(x)geq1$ in $mathbb{R}^N$, $a(x)o1$ as $|x|oinfty$ and $|f{|}_{dot{H}^s(mathbb{R}^N{)}^{\prime }}$ is small enough (but $fotequiv0$), we establish existence of at least two positive solutions to ($mathcalE$).

Review text

In this paper, the existence of positive solutions is studied for the following fractional elliptic equation with critical nonlinearity: \[ (-\Delta)^s u = a(x)|u|^{2^*_s-2} u + f(x) \text{ in } \mathbb{R}^N, u \in \dot{H}^s(\mathbb{R}^N), \] where \(s\in (0, 1)\), \(N > 2s\), \(2^*_s = \frac{2N}{N-2s}\), \(0 < a \in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^N)\) and \(f\geq (\not\equiv) 0\) is a functional in the dual space of \(\dot{H}^s(\mathbb{R}^N)\). By variational methods, the authors prove first that the above equation has a positive solution with negative energy if the norm of \(f\) is small enough. Moreover, if \(a(x) \geq 1\) in \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(a(x) \rightarrow 1\) as \(|x| \rightarrow \infty\) and \(\|a\|_{L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^N}\) is suitably large, they prove also that the above equation has at least two positive solutions for \(f\) being small in the norm sense.

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