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Solutions for biharmonic equations with steep potential wells

Analysis of PDEs 2017-05-16 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of least energy solutions for the following biharmonic equations: Δ2u+(λV(x)δ)u=up2uinRN\Delta^2 u+(\lambda V(x)-\delta)u=|u|^{p-2}u \quad in\quad \mathbb{R}^N where N5,2<p2NN4,λ>0N\geq 5, 2<p\leq\frac{2N}{N-4}, \lambda>0 is a parameter, V(x)V(x) is a nonnegative potential function with nonempty zero sets \mboxintV1(0)\mbox{int} V^{-1}(0), 0<δ<μ00<\delta<\mu_0 and μ0\mu_0 is the principle eigenvalue of Δ2\Delta^2 in the zero sets \mboxintV1(0)\mbox{int} V^{-1}(0) of V(x)V(x). Here \mboxintV1(0)\mbox{int} V^{-1}(0) denotes the interior part of the set V1(0):={xRN:V(x)=0}V^{-1}(0):=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^N: V(x)=0\}. We prove that the above equation admits a least energy solution which is trapped near the zero sets \mboxintV1(0)\mbox{int} V^{-1}(0) for λ>0\lambda>0 large.

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@article{arxiv.1705.04775,
  title  = {Solutions for biharmonic equations with steep potential wells},
  author = {Yuxia Guo and Zhongwei Tang and Lushun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.04775},
  year   = {2017}
}

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23 pages

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