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Multiplicity and asymptotics of positive solutions for critical-concave Kirchhoff equation

Analysis of PDEs 2026-03-18 v1

Abstract

This paper focuses on the critical Kirchhoff equation with concave perturbation \begin{align*} \begin{cases} \displaystyle -\Big(a+b\int_\Omega|\nabla u|^2dx\Big)\Delta u=|u|^4u+\lambda|u|^{q-2}u\ \ &\mbox{in}\ \Omega, \displaystyle u=0\ \ &\mbox{on}\ \partial\Omega, \end{cases} \end{align*} where Ω\Omega is a smooth bounded domain in R3\mathbb{R}^3, a,b,λ>0a,b,\lambda>0 and 1<q<21<q<2. By the constrained minimization methods, the mountain pass theorem and the concentration-compactness principle, we verify the multiplicity of positive solutions for λ>0\lambda>0 small enough. Moreover, we analyse the asymptotic behaviour of positive solutions as b0b\rightarrow0 and λ0\lambda\rightarrow0, respectively. This work is a counterpart of [A. Ambrosetti et al., J.~Funct.~Anal. 1994] for the Kirchhoff equation. It is noteworthy that we don't require that b>0b>0 is small enough here, which is imposed in the existing literatures to make refined estimates for the mountain pass level.

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@article{arxiv.2603.16634,
  title  = {Multiplicity and asymptotics of positive solutions for critical-concave Kirchhoff equation},
  author = {Zhi-Yun Tang and Gui-Dong Li and Yong-Yong Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16634},
  year   = {2026}
}