Weak Linking Theorems and Schrödinger Equations with Critical Sobolev Exponent

Martin Schechter; Wenming Zou

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2010)

  • Volume: 9, page 601-619
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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In this paper we establish a variant and generalized weak linking theorem, which contains more delicate result and insures the existence of bounded Palais–Smale sequences of a strongly indefinite functional. The abstract result will be used to study the semilinear Schrödinger equation - Δ u + V ( x ) u = K ( x ) | u | 2 * - 2 u + g ( x , u ) , u ∈ W 1 , 2 ( 𝐑 N ) , where N ≥ 4; V,K,g are periodic in xj for 1 ≤ j ≤ N and 0 is in a gap of the spectrum of -Δ + V; K>0. If 0 < g ( x , u ) u ≤ c | u | 2 * for an appropriate constant c, we show that this equation has a nontrivial solution.

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Schechter, Martin, and Zou, Wenming. "Weak Linking Theorems and Schrödinger Equations with Critical Sobolev Exponent." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 9 (2010): 601-619. <http://eudml.org/doc/90713>.

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abstract = { In this paper we establish a variant and generalized weak linking theorem, which contains more delicate result and insures the existence of bounded Palais–Smale sequences of a strongly indefinite functional. The abstract result will be used to study the semilinear Schrödinger equation $-\Delta u+V(x)u=K(x)|u|^\{2^\ast-2\}u+g(x, u), u\in W^\{1,2\}(\{\bf R\}^N)$, where N ≥ 4; V,K,g are periodic in xj for 1 ≤ j ≤ N and 0 is in a gap of the spectrum of -Δ + V; K>0. If $0<g(x, u)u\leq c|u|^\{2^\ast\}$ for an appropriate constant c, we show that this equation has a nontrivial solution. },
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title = {Weak Linking Theorems and Schrödinger Equations with Critical Sobolev Exponent},
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