A positive solution for an asymptotically cubic quasilinear Schrödinger equation

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January 2019, 18(1): 51-64. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2019004

A positive solution for an asymptotically cubic quasilinear Schrödinger equation

Xiang-Dong Fang

School of Mathematical Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China

Received August 2017 Revised April 2018 Published August 2018

Fund Project: This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11601057) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant. DUT18LK05)

We consider the following quasilinear Schrödinger equation

$ - \Delta u + V(x)u - \Delta ({u^2})u = q(x)g(u),\;\;\;\;x \in {\mathbb{R}^N}, $

where

$N≥ 1$

$0 < q(x)≤ \lim_{|x|\to∞}q(x)$

$g∈ C(\mathbb{R}^+, \mathbb{R})$

and

$g(u)/u^3 \to 1$

, as

$u \to ∞.$

We establish the existence of a positive solution to this problem by using the method developed in Szulkin and Weth [27,28].

Keywords: Quasilinear Schrödinger equation, positive solution, asymptotically cubic, Nehari manifold.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J20, 35J62; Secondary: 49J35.

Citation: Xiang-Dong Fang. A positive solution for an asymptotically cubic quasilinear Schrödinger equation. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2019, 18 (1) : 51-64. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2019004

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[14]	X. D. Fang and Z. Q. Han, Existence of a Ground State Solution for a Quasilinear Schrödinger equation, Adv. Nonlinear Stud., 14 (2014), 941-950. doi: 10.1515/ans-2014-0407.
[15]	X. D. Fang and A. Szulkin, Multiple solutions for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation, J. Diff. Eq., 254 (2013), 2015-2032. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2012.11.017.
[16]	L. Jeanjean and K. Tanaka, A positive solution for an asymptotically linear elliptic problem on $\mathbb{R}^N$ autonomous at infinity, ESAIM Control Optim. Calc. Var., 7 (2002), 597-614. doi: 10.1051/cocv:2002068.
[17]	R. Lehrer and L. A. Maia, Positive solutions of asymptotically linear equations via Pohozaev manifold, J. Funct. Anal., 266 (2014), 213-246. doi: 10.1016/j.jfa.2013.09.002.
[18]	R. Lehrer, L. A. Maia and R. Ruviaro, Bound states of a nonhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger equation with non symmetric potential, Nonlinear Diff. Equ. Appl., 22 (2015), 651-672. doi: 10.1007/s00030-014-0299-5.
[19]	J. Q. Liu, Y. Q. Wang and Z. Q. Wang, Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Ⅱ, J. Diff. Eq., 187 (2003), 473-493. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0396(02)00064-5.
[20]	J. Q. Liu and Z. Q. Wang, Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Ⅰ, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 131 (2003), 441-448. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06783-7.
[21]	X. Q. Liu, Y. S. Huang and J. Q. Liu, Sign-changing solutions for an asymptotically linear Schrödinger equation with deepening potential well, Adv. Diff. Eq., 16 (2011), 1-30.
[22]	M. Poppenberg, K. Schmitt and Z. Q. Wang, On the existence of soliton solutions to quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Calc. Var., 14 (2002), 329-344. doi: 10.1007/s005260100105.
[23]	A. Selvitella, Nondegeneracy of the ground state for quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Calc. Var., 53 (2015), 349-364. doi: 10.1007/s00526-014-0751-8.
[24]	M. Struwe, Variational Methods, second ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1996. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-03212-1.
[25]	C. A. Stuart, An introduction to elliptic equation on $\mathbb{R}^N$, in Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications to Differential Equations (A. Ambrosetti, K.-C. Chang and I. Ekeland eds.), World Scientific, Singapore, 1998.
[26]	C. A. Stuart and H. S. Zhou, Applying the mountain pass theorem to an asymptotically linear elliptic equation on $\mathbb{R}^N$, Comm. Partial Diff. Eq., 24 (1999), 1731-1758. doi: 10.1080/03605309908821481.
[27]	A. Szulkin and T. Weth, Ground state solutions for some indefinite variational problems, J. Funct. Anal., 257 (2009), 3802-3822. doi: 10.1016/j.jfa.2009.09.013.
[28]	A. Szulkin and T. Weth, The method of Nehari manifold, in Handbook of Nonconvex Analysis and Applications, Int. Press, (2010), 597-632.
[29]	M. Willem, Minimax Theorems, in Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, 24 , Birkhäuser Boston, Inc., Boston, (1996), ⅹ-162. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4146-1.
[30]	Y. J. Wang and W. M. Zou, Bound states to critical quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Nonl. Diff. Eq. Appl., 19 (2012), 19-47. doi: 10.1007/s00030-011-0116-3.
[31]	M. B. Yang and Y. H. Ding, Existence of semiclassical states for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation with critical exponent in $\mathbb{R}^N$, Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., 192 (2013), 783-804. doi: 10.1007/s10231-011-0246-6.

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References:

[1]	S. Adachi and T. Watanabe, Uniqueness of the ground state solutions of quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Nonl. Anal., 75 (2012), 819-833. doi: 10.1016/j.na.2011.09.015.
[2]	S. Adachi, M. Shibata and T. Watanabe, Global uniqueness results for ground states for a class of quasilinear elliptic equations, Kodai Math. J., 40 (2017), 117-142. doi: 10.2996/kmj/1490083227.
[3]	A. Ambrosetti, G. Cerami and D. Ruiz, Solitons of linearly coupled systems of semilinear non-autonomous equations on $\mathbb{R}^N$, J. Funct. Anal., 254 (2008), 2816-2845. doi: 10.1016/j.jfa.2007.11.013.
[4]	H. Berestycki and P. L. Lions, Nonlinear scalar field equations, Ⅰ. Existence of a ground state, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 82 (1983), 313-345. doi: 10.1007/BF00250555.
[5]	P. C. Carrião, R. Lehrer and O. H. Miyagaki, Existence of solutions to a class of asymptotically linear Schrödinger equations in $\mathbb{R}^N$ via the Pohozaev manifold, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 428 (2015), 165-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2015.02.060.
[6]	G. Cerami and D. Passaseo, The effect of concentrating potentials in some singularly perturbed problems, Calc. Var., 17 (2003), 257-281.
[7]	K. C. Chang, Methods in Nonlinear Analysis, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005.
[8]	M. Clapp and L. A. Maia, A positive bound state for an asymptotically linear or superlinear Schrödinger equation, J. Diff. Eq., 260 (2016), 3173-3192. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2015.09.059.
[9]	M. Colin and L. Jeanjean, Solutions for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation: a dual approach, Nonl. Anal., 56 (2004), 213-226. doi: 10.1016/j.na.2003.09.008.
[10]	D. G. Costa and H. Tehrani, On a class of asymptotically linear elliptic problems in $\mathbb{R}^N$, J. Diff. Eq., 173 (2001), 470-494. doi: 10.1006/jdeq.2000.3944.
[11]	J. M. do Ó and U. Severo, Quasilinear Schrödinger equations involving concave and convex nonlinearities, Comm. Pure Appl. Anal., 9 (2009), 621-644. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2009.8.621.
[12]	J. M. do Ó and U. Severo, Solitary waves for a class of quasilinear Schrödinger equations in dimension two, Calc. Var., 38 (2010), 275-315. doi: 10.1007/s00526-009-0286-6.
[13]	G. Evéquoz and T. Weth, Entire solutions to nonlinear scalar field equations with indefinite linear part, Adv. Nonlinear Stud., 12 (2012), 281-314. doi: 10.1515/ans-2012-0206.
[14]	X. D. Fang and Z. Q. Han, Existence of a Ground State Solution for a Quasilinear Schrödinger equation, Adv. Nonlinear Stud., 14 (2014), 941-950. doi: 10.1515/ans-2014-0407.
[15]	X. D. Fang and A. Szulkin, Multiple solutions for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation, J. Diff. Eq., 254 (2013), 2015-2032. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2012.11.017.
[16]	L. Jeanjean and K. Tanaka, A positive solution for an asymptotically linear elliptic problem on $\mathbb{R}^N$ autonomous at infinity, ESAIM Control Optim. Calc. Var., 7 (2002), 597-614. doi: 10.1051/cocv:2002068.
[17]	R. Lehrer and L. A. Maia, Positive solutions of asymptotically linear equations via Pohozaev manifold, J. Funct. Anal., 266 (2014), 213-246. doi: 10.1016/j.jfa.2013.09.002.
[18]	R. Lehrer, L. A. Maia and R. Ruviaro, Bound states of a nonhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger equation with non symmetric potential, Nonlinear Diff. Equ. Appl., 22 (2015), 651-672. doi: 10.1007/s00030-014-0299-5.
[19]	J. Q. Liu, Y. Q. Wang and Z. Q. Wang, Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Ⅱ, J. Diff. Eq., 187 (2003), 473-493. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0396(02)00064-5.
[20]	J. Q. Liu and Z. Q. Wang, Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Ⅰ, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 131 (2003), 441-448. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06783-7.
[21]	X. Q. Liu, Y. S. Huang and J. Q. Liu, Sign-changing solutions for an asymptotically linear Schrödinger equation with deepening potential well, Adv. Diff. Eq., 16 (2011), 1-30.
[22]	M. Poppenberg, K. Schmitt and Z. Q. Wang, On the existence of soliton solutions to quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Calc. Var., 14 (2002), 329-344. doi: 10.1007/s005260100105.
[23]	A. Selvitella, Nondegeneracy of the ground state for quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Calc. Var., 53 (2015), 349-364. doi: 10.1007/s00526-014-0751-8.
[24]	M. Struwe, Variational Methods, second ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1996. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-03212-1.
[25]	C. A. Stuart, An introduction to elliptic equation on $\mathbb{R}^N$, in Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications to Differential Equations (A. Ambrosetti, K.-C. Chang and I. Ekeland eds.), World Scientific, Singapore, 1998.
[26]	C. A. Stuart and H. S. Zhou, Applying the mountain pass theorem to an asymptotically linear elliptic equation on $\mathbb{R}^N$, Comm. Partial Diff. Eq., 24 (1999), 1731-1758. doi: 10.1080/03605309908821481.
[27]	A. Szulkin and T. Weth, Ground state solutions for some indefinite variational problems, J. Funct. Anal., 257 (2009), 3802-3822. doi: 10.1016/j.jfa.2009.09.013.
[28]	A. Szulkin and T. Weth, The method of Nehari manifold, in Handbook of Nonconvex Analysis and Applications, Int. Press, (2010), 597-632.
[29]	M. Willem, Minimax Theorems, in Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, 24 , Birkhäuser Boston, Inc., Boston, (1996), ⅹ-162. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4146-1.
[30]	Y. J. Wang and W. M. Zou, Bound states to critical quasilinear Schrödinger equations, Nonl. Diff. Eq. Appl., 19 (2012), 19-47. doi: 10.1007/s00030-011-0116-3.
[31]	M. B. Yang and Y. H. Ding, Existence of semiclassical states for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation with critical exponent in $\mathbb{R}^N$, Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., 192 (2013), 783-804. doi: 10.1007/s10231-011-0246-6.

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