On the second minimax level of the scalar field equation and symmetry breaking

DOI10.1007/S10231-013-0368-0zbMATH Open1323.35124arXiv1208.1139OpenAlexW2142068532WikidataQ59413142 ScholiaQ59413142MaRDI QIDQ2255368FDOQ2255368

Kanishka Perera, Cyril Tintarev

Publication date: 9 February 2015

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper studies eigenfunctions for the scalar field equation on $R^N$ at the second minimax level $lambd{a}_2$. Similarly to the well-studied case of the ground state, there is a threshold level $$ such that $$, and a critical point at the level $lambd{a}_2$ exists if the inequality is strict. Unlike the case of the ground state, the level $lambd{a}_2$ is not attained in autonomous problems, and the existence is shown when the potential near infinity approaches the constant level from below not faster than $e^{-varepsilon|x|}$. The paper also considers questions about the nodal character and the symmetry breaking for solutions at the level $lambd{a}_2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.1139

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zbMATH Keywords

radial solutionsconcentration-compactnessscalar field equationsymmetry breakingnonlinear eigenvalue problemminimax levels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear eigenvalue problems and nonlinear spectral theory for PDEs (35P30) Nonlinear spectral theory, nonlinear eigenvalue problems (47J10)

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