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Energy asymptotics and blow-up phenomena for biharmonic Br\'{e}zis-Nirenberg problem

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-21 v1

Abstract

For dimensions n8n\geq8, we are concerned with the quotient functional of the biharmonic Br\'{e}zis-Nirenberg problem under the Navier boundary condition S(εV):=inf0≢uH2(Ω)H01(Ω)ΩΔu2dx+εΩVu2dx(Ωu2dx)2/2, S(\varepsilon V):=\inf_{0\not\equiv u\in H^2(\Omega)\cap H_0^1(\Omega)}\frac{\int_{\Omega}|\Delta u|^2dx+\varepsilon\int_{\Omega}V|u|^2dx}{\big(\int_{\Omega}|u|^{2^\star}dx\big)^{2/2^\star}}, where 2=2nn42^\star=\frac{2n}{n-4} is the critical Sobolev exponent of the embedding H2(Ω)H01(Ω)L2(Ω)H^2(\Omega)\cap H_0^1(\Omega)\hookrightarrow L^{2^\star}(\Omega), ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n is a bounded open set and V:ΩRV:\overline{\Omega}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} is a continuous function. Under certain assumptions on VV, we establish sharp asymptotics for the energy difference S(0)S(εV)S(0)-S(\varepsilon V), as ε0+\varepsilon\rightarrow0^+, by means of matching upper and lower bound estimates. Moreover, we give a precise description of the blow-up profile of (almost) minimizing sequences and characterize the blow-up rate and the location of concentration points.

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@article{arxiv.2604.17499,
  title  = {Energy asymptotics and blow-up phenomena for biharmonic Br\'{e}zis-Nirenberg problem},
  author = {Jiamo Li and Qikai Lu and Minbo Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.17499},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This paper has been accepted by Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -)