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Quantization effects for a fourth order equation of exponential growth in dimension four

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate the asymptotic behavior as k+k \to +\infty of sequences (uk)kNC4(Ω)(u_k)_{k\in\mathbb{N}}\in C^4(\Omega) of solutions of the equations Δ2uk=Vke4uk\Delta^2 u_k=V_k e^{4u_k} on Ω\Omega, where Ω\Omega is a bounded domain of R4\mathbb{R}^4 and limk+Vk=1\lim_{k\to +\infty}V_k=1 in Cloc0(Ω)C^0_{loc}(\Omega). The corresponding 2-dimensional problem was studied by Br\'ezis-Merle and Li-Shafrir who pointed out that there is a quantization of the energy when blow-up occurs. As shown by Adimurthi, Struwe and the author, such a quantization does not hold in dimension four for the problem in its full generality. We prove here that under natural hypothesis on Δuk\Delta u_k, we recover such a quantization as in dimension 2.

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@article{arxiv.math/0512148,
  title  = {Quantization effects for a fourth order equation of exponential growth in dimension four},
  author = {Frederic Robert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0512148},
  year   = {2007}
}
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