A nonexistence result for sign-changing solutions of the Brezis-Nirenberg problem in low dimensions

Critical exponents in context of PDEs (35B33) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Semilinear elliptic equations (35J61) Semilinear elliptic equations with Laplacian, bi-Laplacian or poly-Laplacian (35J91)

Abstract: We consider the Brezis-Nirenberg problem: �egin{equation*} �egin{cases} -Delta u = lambda u + |u|^{2^* -2}u & hbox{in} Omega\ u=0 & hbox{on} partial Omega, end{cases} end{equation*} where

O m e g a

is a smooth bounded domain in

m a t h b b R^{N}

,

N g e q 3

,

2^{*} = f r a c 2 N N - 2

is the critical Sobolev exponent and

l a m b d a > 0

a positive parameter. The main result of the paper shows that if

N = 4, 5, 6

and

l a m b d a

is close to zero there are no sign-changing solutions of the form

u_lambda=PU_{delta_1,xi}-PU_{delta_2,xi}+w_lambda,

where

P U_{d e l t a_{i}}

is the projection on

H_{0}^{1} (O m e g a)

of the regular positive solution of the critical problem in

m a t h b b R^{N}

, centered at a point

x i i n O m e g a

and

w_{l} a m b d a

is a remainder term. Some additional results on norm estimates of

w_{l} a m b d a

and about the concentrations speeds of tower of bubbles in higher dimensions are also presented.

Review text

The Brezis-Nirenberg problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u = \lambda u + |u|^{2^*-2} u & \text{in} \;\Omega, \\ u=0 & \text{on}\, \partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] is considered, where \(\Omega\) is a smooth bounded domain in \({\mathbb R^N}\), \(N\geq 3\), \(2^*=2N/(N-2)\) is the critical Sobolev exponent and \(\lambda>0\) is a positive parameter. It is shown that if \(N=4\), \(5\), \(6\) and \(\lambda\) is close to \(0\), there are no sign-changing solutions of the form \(u_\lambda = P U_{\delta_1,\xi} - P U_{\delta_2,\xi} + w_\lambda\), where \(P U_{\delta_i,\xi}\), \(i=1\), \(2\) is the projection on \(H_0^1(\Omega)\) of the regular positive solution of the critical problem in \({\mathbb R}^N\), centered at a point \(\xi \in \Omega\) and \(w_\lambda\) is a remainder term. Some additional results on norm estimates of \(w_\lambda\) and about the concentrations speeds of tower of bubbles in higher dimensions are also presented.

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