American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

June  2018, 38(6): 3023-3032. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2018129

High energy solutions of the Choquard equation

 1 School of Mathematics and Information Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong, China 2 RCSDS, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China 3 School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

* Corresponding author:Hang Li

Received  September 2017 Published  April 2018

In this paper we are concerned with the existence of positive high energy solutions of the Choquard equation. Under certain assumptions, the ground state of Choquard equation does not exist. However, by global compactness analysis, we prove that there exists a positive high energy solution.

Citation: Daomin Cao, Hang Li. High energy solutions of the Choquard equation. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems, 2018, 38 (6) : 3023-3032. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2018129
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