Morse index and sign changing bubble towers for Lane-Emden problems

Abstract

We consider the semilinear Lane-Emden problem \begin{equation}\label{problemAbstract}\left\{ \begin{array}{lr} -Δu= |u|^{p-1}u\qquad \mbox{ in }Ω\\ u=0\qquad\qquad\qquad\mbox{ on }\partial Ω\end{array} \right.\tag{${\mathcal{E}}_p$} \end{equation} where $p>1$ and $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded symmetric domain of ${\mathbb{R}}^2$. We show that for families $(u_p)$ of sign-changing symmetric solutions of \eqref{problemAbstract} an upper bound on their Morse index implies concentration of the positive and negative part, $u_p^{\pm }$, at the same point, as $p\to +\infty$. Then an asymptotic analysis of $u_p^{+}$ and $u_p^{-}$ shows that the asymptotic profile of $(u_p)$, as $p\to +\infty$, is that of a tower of two different bubbles.

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