Nonlinear scalar field equations with general nonlinearity

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Abstract: Consider the nonlinear scalar field equation �egin{equation} label{a1} -Delta{u}= f(u)quad ext{in}~mathbb{R}^N,qquad uin H^1(mathbb{R}^N), end{equation} where Ngeq3 and f satisfies the general Berestycki-Lions conditions. We are interested in the existence of positive ground states, of nonradial solutions and in the multiplicity of radial and nonradial solutions. Very recently Mederski [30] made a major advance in that direction through the development, in an abstract setting, of a new critical point theory for constrained functionals. In this paper we propose an alternative, more elementary approach, which permits to recover Mederski's results on the scalar field equation. The keys to our approach are an extension to the symmetric mountain pass setting of the monotonicity trick, and a new decomposition result for bounded Palais-Smale sequences.



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