Strauss’s Radial Compactness and Nonlinear Elliptic Equation Involving a Variable Critical Exponent

We study existence of a nontrivial solution of -Δpu(x)+u(x)p-1=u(x)q(x)-1,  u(x)≥0,  x∈RN,  u∈Wrad1,p(RN), under some conditions on q(x), especially, lim inf|x|→∞ q(x)=p. Concerning this problem, we firstly consider compactness and noncompactness for the embedding from Wrad1,p(RN) to Lq(x)(RN). We p...

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Main Authors: Masato Hashizume, Megumi Sano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Function Spaces
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5497172
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Summary:We study existence of a nontrivial solution of -Δpu(x)+u(x)p-1=u(x)q(x)-1,  u(x)≥0,  x∈RN,  u∈Wrad1,p(RN), under some conditions on q(x), especially, lim inf|x|→∞ q(x)=p. Concerning this problem, we firstly consider compactness and noncompactness for the embedding from Wrad1,p(RN) to Lq(x)(RN). We point out that the decaying speed of q(x) at infinity plays an essential role on the compactness. Secondly, by applying the compactness result, we show the existence of a nontrivial solution of the elliptic equation.
ISSN:2314-8896
2314-8888