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MULTIPLE CONDENSATIONS FOR A NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATION WITH SUB-CRITICAL GROWTH AND CRITICAL BEHAVIOUR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Juncheng Wei
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong ([email protected])
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Abstract

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We consider the following nonlinear elliptic equations

\begin{gather*} \begin{cases} \Delta u+u_{+}^{N/(N-2)}=0\amp\quad\text{in }\sOm, \\ u=\mu\amp\quad\text{on }\partial\sOm\quad(\mu\text{ is an unknown constant}), \\ \dsty\int_{\partial\sOm}\biggl(-\dsty\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}\biggr)=M, \end{cases} \end{gather*}

where $u_{+}=\max(u,0)$, $M$ is a prescribed constant, and $\sOm$ is a bounded and smooth domain in $R^N$, $N\geq3$. It is known that for $M=M_{*}^{(N)}$, $\sOm=B_R(0)$, the above problem has a continuum of solutions. The case when $M>M_{*}^{(N)}$ is referred to as supercritical in the literature. We show that for $M$ near $KM_{*}^{(N)}$, $K>1$, there exist solutions with multiple condensations in $\sOm$. These concentration points are non-degenerate critical points of a function related to the Green's function.

AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 35B40; 35B45. Secondary 35J40

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Research Article
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