On Hamiltonian systems with critical Sobolev exponents

Abstract

In this paper we consider lower order perturbations of the critical Lane-Emden system posed on a bounded smooth domain $\Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^N$, with $N\ge 3$, inspired by the classical results of Brezis and Nirenberg \cite{BrezisNirenberg1983}. We solve the problem of finding a positive solution for all dimensions $N\ge 4$. For the critical dimension $N=3$ we show a new phenomenon, not observed for scalar problems. Namely, there are parts on the critical hyperbola where solutions exist for all $1$-homogeneous or subcritical superlinear perturbations and parts where there are no solutions for some of those perturbations.

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