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November  2019, 24(11): 6071-6089. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2019131

Ground state solutions of fractional Schrödinger equations with potentials and weak monotonicity condition on the nonlinear term

Chao Ji 1,2,,

1. 

Center for Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
2. 

Department of Mathematics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China

* Corresponding author: Chao Ji

Received  October 2017 Revised  August 2018 Published  November 2019 Early access  May 2019

Fund Project: C. Ji was supported by Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(18ZR1409100), NSFC (grant No. 11301181, 11771324) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project.

In this paper we are concerned with the fractional Schrödinger equation $ (-\Delta)^{\alpha} u+V(x)u = f(x, u) $, $ x\in {{\mathbb{R}}^{N}} $, where $ f $ is superlinear, subcritical growth and $ u\mapsto\frac{f(x, u)}{\vert u\vert} $ is nondecreasing. When $ V $ and $ f $ are periodic in $ x_{1},\ldots, x_{N} $, we show the existence of ground states and the infinitely many solutions if $ f $ is odd in $ u $. When $ V $ is coercive or $ V $ has a bounded potential well and $ f(x, u) = f(u) $, the ground states are obtained. When $ V $ and $ f $ are asymptotically periodic in $ x $, we also obtain the ground states solutions. In the previous research, $ u\mapsto\frac{f(x, u)}{\vert u\vert} $ was assumed to be strictly increasing, due to this small change, we are forced to go beyond methods of smooth analysis.

Keywords: Fractional logarithmic Schrödinger equation, periodic potential, coercive potential, bounded potential, nonsmooth critical point theory.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J60, 35R11; Secondary: 47J30.
Citation: Chao Ji. Ground state solutions of fractional Schrödinger equations with potentials and weak monotonicity condition on the nonlinear term. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2019, 24 (11) : 6071-6089. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2019131
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