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December  2015, 35(12): 5963-5976. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.5963

## Ground states for scalar field equations with anisotropic nonlocal nonlinearities

 1 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Cagliari, Viale L. Merello 92, 09123 Cagliari, Italy 2 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901 3 Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona

Received  January 2014 Published  May 2015

We consider a class of scalar field equations with anisotropic nonlocal nonlinearities. We obtain a suitable extension of the well-known compactness lemma of Benci and Cerami to this variable exponent setting, and use it to prove that the Palais-Smale condition holds at all level below a certain threshold. We deduce the existence of a ground state when the variable exponent slowly approaches the limit at infinity from below.
Citation: Antonio Iannizzotto, Kanishka Perera, Marco Squassina. Ground states for scalar field equations with anisotropic nonlocal nonlinearities. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2015, 35 (12) : 5963-5976. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.5963
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