Normalized solutions to a class of Kirchhoff equations with Sobolev critical exponent


Abstract in English

In this paper, we consider the existence and asymptotic properties of solutions to the following Kirchhoff equation begin{equation}label{1} onumber - Bigl(a+bint_{{R^3}} {{{left| { abla u} right|}^2}}Bigl) Delta u =lambda u+ {| u |^{p - 2}}u+mu {| u |^{q - 2}}u text { in } mathbb{R}^{3} end{equation} under the normalized constraint $int_{{mathbb{R}^3}} {{u}^2}=c^2$, where $a!>!0$, $b!>!0$, $c!>!0$, $2!<!q!<!frac{14}{3}!<! p!leq!6$ or $frac{14}{3}!<!q!<! p!leq! 6$, $mu!>!0$ and $lambda!in!R$ appears as a Lagrange multiplier. In both cases for the range of $p$ and $q$, the Sobolev critical exponent $p!=!6$ is involved and the corresponding energy functional is unbounded from below on $S_c=Big{ u in H^{1}({mathbb{R}^3}): int_{{mathbb{R}^3}} {{u}^2}=c^2 Big}$. If $2!<!q!<!frac{10}{3}$ and $frac{14}{3}!<! p!<!6$, we obtain a multiplicity result to the equation. If $2!<!q!<!frac{10}{3}!<! p!=!6$ or $frac{14}{3}!<!q!<! p!leq! 6$, we get a ground state solution to the equation. Furthermore, we derive several asymptotic results on the obtained normalized solutions. Our results extend the results of N. Soave (J. Differential Equations 2020 $&$ J. Funct. Anal. 2020), which studied the nonlinear Schr{o}dinger equations with combined nonlinearities, to the Kirchhoff equations. To deal with the special difficulties created by the nonlocal term $({int_{{R^3}} {left| { abla u} right|} ^2}) Delta u$ appearing in Kirchhoff type equations, we develop a perturbed Pohozaev constraint approach and we find a way to get a clear picture of the profile of the fiber map via careful analysis. In the meantime, we need some subtle energy estimates under the $L^2$-constraint to recover compactness in the Sobolev critical case.

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