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May  2016, 15(3): 853-870. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2016.15.853

A class of generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations

Yaotian Shen 1, and  Youjun Wang 2,

1. 

Department of Mathematics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640
2. 

School of Mathematics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Received  June 2015 Revised  November 2015 Published  February 2015

We establish the existence of nontrivial solutions for the following quasilinear Schrödinger equation with critical Sobolev exponent: \begin{eqnarray} -\Delta u+V(x) u-\Delta [l(u^2)]l'(u^2)u= \lambda u^{\alpha2^*-1}+h(u),\ \ x\in \mathbb{R}^N, \end{eqnarray} where $V(x):\mathbb{R}^N\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a given potential and $l,h$ are real functions, $\lambda\geq 0$, $\alpha>1$, $2^*=2N/(N-2)$, $N\geq 3$. Our results cover two physical models $l(s)=s^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}$ and $l(s) = (1+s)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}$ with $\alpha\geq 3/2$.
Keywords: Quasilinear Schrödinger equations, generalized., critical exponents.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J20, 35J62; Secondary: 35Q5.
Citation: Yaotian Shen, Youjun Wang. A class of generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2016, 15 (3) : 853-870. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2016.15.853
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S. Adachia and T. Watanable, G-invariant positive solutions for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation,, \emph{Adv. Diff. Eqns.}, 16 (2011), 289.   Google Scholar

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H. Berestycki and P. L. Lions, Nonlinear scalar field equations I,, \emph{Arch. Rational Mech. Anal.}, 82 (1983), 313.  doi: 10.1007/BF00250555.  Google Scholar

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B. Hartmann and W. Zakzewski, Electrons on hexagonal lattices and applications to nanotubes,, \emph{Phys. Rev.}, 68 (2003), 1.   Google Scholar

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[14]

S. Kurihura, Large-amplitude quasi-solitons in superfluid films,, \emph{J. Phys. Soc. Japan.}, 50 (1981), 3262.   Google Scholar

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J. Q. Liu and Z. Q. Wang, Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations I,, \emph{Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.}, 131 (2002), 441.   Google Scholar

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M. Poppenberg, K. Schmitt and Z. Q. Wang, On the existence of soliton solutions to quasilinear Schrödinger equations,, \emph{Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations}, 14 (2002), 329.  doi: 10.1007/s005260100105.  Google Scholar

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G. R. W. Quispel and H. W. Capel, Equation of motion for the Heisenberg spin chain,, \emph{Physica A}, 110 (1982), 41.  doi: 10.1016/0378-4371(82)90104-2.  Google Scholar

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Y. T. Shen and X. K. Guo, The positive solutions of degenerate variational problem and degenerate elliptic equations,, \emph{Chin. J. Cont. Mathematics}, 14 (1993), 157.   Google Scholar

[25]

Y. T. Shen and Y. J. Wang, Soliton solutions for generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations,, \emph{Nonl. Anal. TMA.}, 80 (2013), 194.  doi: 10.1016/j.na.2012.10.005.  Google Scholar

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E. A. B. Silva and G. F. Vieira, Quasilinear asymptotically periodic Schrödinger equations with critical growth,, \emph{Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations}, 39 (2010), 1.  doi: 10.1007/s00526-009-0299-1.  Google Scholar

[27]

Y. J. Wang, Y. M. Zhang and Y. T. Shen, Multiple solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations involving critical exponent,, \emph{Appl. Math. Comp.}, 216 (2010), 849.  doi: 10.1016/j.amc.2010.01.091.  Google Scholar

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J. Yang, Y. J. Wang and A. A. Abdelgadir, Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations,, \emph{J. Math. Phys}, 54 (2013).   Google Scholar

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