In this paper, we consider the following semilinear Schrödinger equation:
{−Δu+V(x)u=a(x)g(u)forx∈RN,u(x)→0as|x|→∞,
where a(x)>0 for all RN. Under some different superlinear conditions on g(u), we obtain the existence of solutions for the above problem. In order to regain the compactness of the Sobolev embedding, a competing condition between a(x) and V(x) is introduced.
Citation: Xia Su, Chunhua Deng. Solutions for Schrödinger equations with variable separated type nonlinear terms[J]. AIMS Mathematics, 2023, 8(12): 30487-30500. doi: 10.3934/math.20231557
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In this paper, we consider the following semilinear Schrödinger equation:
{−Δu+V(x)u=a(x)g(u)forx∈RN,u(x)→0as|x|→∞,
where a(x)>0 for all RN. Under some different superlinear conditions on g(u), we obtain the existence of solutions for the above problem. In order to regain the compactness of the Sobolev embedding, a competing condition between a(x) and V(x) is introduced.
In this paper, we consider the existence of solutions for the following semilinear Schrödinger equation:
{−Δu+V(x)u=f(x,u)forx∈RN,u(x)→0as|x|→∞. | (1.1) |
Due to its important applications in mathematical physics, Eq (1.1) receives much attention from mathematicians to look for its solutions. For example, (1.1) is also known as the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, which can be simulated in the Bose-Einstein condensate (see [3]). In high dimension, this equation has also been considered by some physicians (see [6]).
In the last two decades, with the development of variational methods and critical points theory, many mathematicians used the variational methods to show the existence and multiplicity of solutions for problem (1.1) and obtained many interesting results [1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,15,17,19,20,22]. Using this method to deal with problem (1.1), one of the difficulties is to get compactness of the embedding from the working space to L2(RN). The periodic and coercive conditions are introduced to regain the compactness. In this paper, we mainly consider the coercive case. The following coercive conditions on V(x) is first introduced by Rabinowitz in [9].
(V1) V∈C1(RN,R) and there exists a ¯V>0 such that V(x)≥¯V for all x∈RN;
(V2) V(x)→∞ as |x|→∞.
However, (V1) and (V2) are so strong that many functions cannot be involved with them. Then, many mathematicians tried to relax these conditions. For example, in [16], V is required to be of C class and V(x)≥−V0 with V0>0, which generalized condition (V1). In order to generalize condition (V2), Bartsch and Wang in [2] introduced the following condition:
(V3) infx∈RNV(x)>0 and for every M>0, the set ΣM={x∈RN:V(x)<M} has finite Lebesgue measure.
Condition (V3) has been used by many mathematicians to obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions for problem (1.1). Under (V3), V may not have a limit at infinity. In 2000, Sirakov [11] introduced the following condition on V to guarantee the compactness of embedding.
(V4) For any r>0 and any sequence {xn}⊂RN which goes to infinity,
limn→∞infu∈An∫Bn(|∇u|2+V(x)u2)dx=+∞, |
where An={u∈H10(Bn)|‖u‖L2(Bn)=1} and Bn=B(xn,r) is the open ball with center xn and the radius r.
It has been shown in [11] that condition (V4) is weaker than (V2) and (V3). Moreover, V is allowed to change sign. In [11], f is required to satisfy the following growth condition:
(AR) There exists ι>2 such that
tf(x,t)≥ιF(x,t)=ι∫t0f(x,v)dv>0 for all x∈RN and t∈R∖{0}. |
Condition (AR) is a classical condition introduced by Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz, which provides a global growth condition of f at both origin and infinity. (AR) also plays an important role in showing the boundedness of Palais-Smale sequences and the geometrical structure of the corresponding function. However, the (AR) condition is so strict that many functions do not satisfy this condition. By replacing (AR) with the following condition, Wan and Tang [16] obtained existence of solutions for problem (1.1).
(MC) there exists a constant θ≥1 such that θ˜F(x,t)≥˜F(x,st) for all (x,t)∈RN×R and s∈[0,1], where ˜F(x,t)=f(x,t)t−2F(x,t).
In this paper, we consider a class of variable separated nonlinear functions that has received limited attention from researchers, as mentioned in [11]. Our purpose is to establish the existence of solutions for (1.1) by introducing novel conditions to replace (AR) and (MC). Additionally, we provide examples to highlight the distinctions between our theorems and prior ones. Precisely, we assume that f is a variable separated function defined as follows:
f(x,t)=a(x)g(t), | (1.2) |
where a(x) is allowed to go to zero at infinity.
Let G(t)=∫t0g(v)dv. Now we state our main results.
Theorem 1.1. Suppose that (1.2) and the following conditions hold:
(g1) There exists V0>0 such that V(x)≥V0 for all x∈RN;
(g2) a(x)∈L∞loc(RN) and a(x)>0 for all x∈RN;
(g3) a(x)V(x)→0 as |x|→∞;
(g4) There exist ν>2 and d1, ρ∞>0 such that
g(t)t−νG(t)≥−d1t2 forall |t|≥ρ∞; |
(g5) There exists d2>0 such that G(t)≥−d2t2 for all t∈R;
(g6) g(t)=o(|t|) as t→0;
(g7) G(t)/t2→+∞ as |t|→∞;
(g8) There exist β>1 and d3>0 such that
a(x)≤d3(V(x)1β+1) forall x∈RN. |
(g9) There exist ζ∈(2,β∗) and d4>0 such that
|g(t)|≤d4(|t|+|t|ζ−1) forall t∈R, |
where β∗=2NN−2−4β(N−2) if N≥3, β∗=+∞ if N=1,2.
Then, problem (1.1) possesses at least one nontrivial solution.
Remark 1.1. Condition (g3) is a mixed condition and the function a(x)=11+|x|2 is allowed in Theorem 1.1 if V(x)=1, which means a(x) can vanish at infinity. In some most recent paper, the authors also considered the vanishing cases. In 2020, Toon and Ubilla[13] obtianed the existence of positive solution for Schrödinger equation, where V(x) is required to be vanishing at infinity and (g3) is also needed. By strengthening (g3) with
(g′3) For any δ∈(0,1],ω(x):=a(x)V−δ(x)>0 satisfies ω(x)→0 almost everywhere (a.e.) as |x|→∞.
Toon and Ubilla[14] obtained solutions for a class of Hamiltonian systems of Schrödinger equations. However, in our theorem, we remove the vanishing property of V and only need the competition condition (g3). In another paper, Wu, Li and Lin[18] introduced a new coercive condition on V to obtain the existence of (1.1) with asymptotically linear nonlinearities. Our theorems can not involved in above results since, besides (g3), we also introduced some new superlinear conditions. In the following remark, we give some examples to show the differences.
Remark 1.2. As we know, there are many superlinear condition on f, which are weaker than the (AR) condition. However, in most papers, the following condition is required:
(SQ) ˜G(t)≜g(t)t−2G(t)≥0 for any t∈R.
In Theorem 1.1, we drop this condition.
Theorem 1.2. Suppose that (1.2), (g1)–(g3), (g6)–(g9), (SQ) and the following conditions hold:
(g10) There exist constants d5, l∞>0 and κ>β∗β∗−2 such that
˜G(t)≥d5(|G(t)|t2)κ forall |t|≥l∞. |
Then, problem (1.1) possesses at least one nontrivial solution.
Remark 1.3. Condition (g10) is introduced by Ding and Luan [4], which is used by many mathematicians to obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions for problem (1.1).
Theorem 1.3. Suppose that (1.2), (g1)–(g3), (g6)–(g9), (SQ) and the following condition holds:
(g11) there exist constants μ>β∗, λ0∈(0,1), d6, d7>0, s∈[2,β∗) and r∞>0 such that
1−λ22g(t)t+G(λt)−G(t)≥−d6λμ|t|β∗−d7λsts, ∀λ∈[0,λ0], |t|≥r∞. |
Then, problem (1.1) possesses at least one nontrivial solution.
Remark 1.4. When d6=d7=0 and r∞=0, (g11) goes back to the condition introduced by Tang in [12]. As the author said in [12], (g11) unifies the (AR) and the following weak Nehari type condition:
(WN) t↦g(t)/|t| is increasing on (−∞,0)∪(0,∞).
By an easy computation, we see that (g11) is weaker than (g4).
Remark 1.5. From (g1)–(g3), there exists A>0 such that
a(x)≤AV(x) forall x∈RN. |
Remark 1.6. There are examples satisfying conditions of Theorems 1.3, but not (g4) or (g10). Setting 2<p<2∗, 0<ϵ<p−2, consider
G(t)=|t|p+a(p−2)|t|p−ϵsin2(|t|ϵ/ϵ). | (1.3) |
For any γ>2, let max{0,p−γp−2}<a<1 and tn=(ϵ(nπ+3π4))1/ϵ, then,
g(tn)tn−γG(tn)t2n=1t2n[(p−γ)|tn|p+a(p−2)(p−γ−ϵ)|tn|p−ϵsin2(|tn|ϵ/ϵ)+a(p−2)|tn|psin(2|tn|ϵ/ϵ)]=|tn|p−2[(p−γ)−a(p−2)+a(p−2)(p−γ−ϵ)2|tn|ϵ]≤12[(p−γ)−a(p−2)]|tn|p−2→−∞ as n→∞. |
Hence, (1.3) does not satisfy (g4). Moreover, for |t| large enough and any κ>1, we have
(12g(t)t−G(t))(t2|G(t)|)κ≤2κ−1(p−2)|t|p−κ(p−2)[(1+asin(2|t|ϵ/ϵ))+a(p−2−ϵ)sin2(|t|ϵ/ϵ)|t|ϵ]≤2κ(1+a)(p−2)|t|p−κ(p−2). |
If p>2NN−2−4β(N−2)=β∗ and κ>β∗β∗−2, we can deduce that p−κ(p−2)<0. Then, we can not find d5>0 such that (g10) holds. Next, we show that (1.3) satisfies (g11). Obviously,
λ22g(t)t−G(λt)=[λ22p−λp]|t|p+a(p−2)[λ22(p−ϵ)sin2(|t|ϵ/ϵ)−λp−ϵsin2(|λt|ϵ/ϵ)]|t|p−ϵ+λ2a(p−2)2|t|psin(2|t|ϵ/ϵ)≤λ22(p+a(p−2)(p−ϵ)+a(p−2))|t|p, |
and for all t∈R,
12g(t)t−G(t)=p−22|t|p[(1+asin(2|t|ϵ/ϵ))+a(p−2−ϵ)sin2(|t|ϵ/ϵ)|t|ϵ]≥p−22|t|p[1+asin(2|t|ϵ/ϵ)]≥14(1−a)(p−2)|t|p, |
which implies
1−λ22g(t)t+G(λt)−G(t)≥18(1−a)(p−2)|t|p |
for λ small enough. Hence, we see (g11) is fulfilled with d6=d7=1.
Set
E:={u∈H1(RN):∫RN(|∇u|2+V(x)u2)dx<∞} |
with the inner product
⟨u,v⟩=∫RN(∇u⋅∇v+V(x)uv)dx |
and the norm ‖u‖2=⟨u,u⟩. Then E is a Hilbert space. For any 2≤p≤2∗, we denote
‖u‖p=(∫RN|u|pdx)1/p, |
where 2∗=2NN−2 if N≥3, 2∗=+∞ if N=1,2. Since we have (g1), the embedding theorem shows that E↪Lp(RN) continuously for p∈[2,2∗], which implies that there exists a constant Cp>0 such that
‖u‖p≤Cp‖u‖ | (2.1) |
for all u∈E. For any b(x)≥0 and 2≤q≤2∗, let Lqb(RN,R) be a weighted space of measure functions under the norm as follow:
‖u‖Lqb=(∫RNb(x)|u|qdx)1/q. | (2.2) |
Lemma 2.1. Under assumptions (g1), (g3) and (g8), the embedding E↪Lqa(RN,R) is continuous for all q∈[2,β∗] and compact for all q∈[2,β∗).
Proof. Since 2<β∗≤2∗, by (g8) and (2.1), for any u∈Lqa(RN,R) with q∈[2,β∗], we obtain
‖u‖qLqa=∫RNa(x)|u|qdx≤d3(∫RNV(x)1β|u|qdx+∫RN|u|qdx)≤d3(∫RNV(x)u2dx)1β(∫RN|u|βq−2β−1dx)β−1β+d3Cqq‖u‖q≤d3(Cβq−2ββq−2β−1+Cqq)‖u‖q, |
which implies that the embedding is continuous. Moreover, there exists a constant Kp>0 such that
‖u‖Lqa≤Kp‖u‖ | (2.3) |
for all u∈E and q∈[2,β∗]. Next, we prove the compactness of the embedding. Let {uk}⊂E be a sequence such that uk⇀u in E. Subsequently, we show that uk→u in Lqa(RN,R) for all q∈[2,β∗). By Banach-Steinhaus theorem, there exists M1>0 such that
supk∈N‖uk‖≤M1 and ‖u‖≤M1. | (2.4) |
It follows from (g3) that for any ε>0, there exists T>0 such that
a(x)≤εV(x) | (2.5) |
for all |x|≥T. We can deduce from (2.4) and (2.5) that
∫|x|≥Ta(x)|uk−u|2dx≤ε∫|x|≥TV(x)|uk−u|2dx≤2ε∫|x|≥TV(x)(u2k+u2)dx≤2ε(‖uk‖2+‖u‖2)≤4M1ε. | (2.6) |
for all k∈N. Moreover, by Sobolev's theorem, there exists k0>0 such that
∫|x|≤Ta(x)|uk−u|2dx≤ε | (2.7) |
for all k≥k0. From (2.6) and (2.7), we obtain uk→u in L2a(RN,R) as k→∞, which shows that the embedding from E to L2a(RN,R) is compact. By the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality the embedding from E to Lqa(RN,R) is also compact for q∈(2,β∗).
The corresponding functional of (1.1) is defined on E by
I(u)=12∫RN(|∇u|2+V(x)u2)dx−∫RNF(x,u)dx=12‖u‖2−∫RNa(x)G(u)dx. | (2.8) |
Lemma 2.2. Suppose that (g1), (g3), (g5), (g6), (g8) and (g9) hold, then the functional I is well defined and of C1 class with
⟨I′(u),v⟩=⟨u,v⟩−⟨ψ′(u),v⟩, | (2.9) |
for all v∈E, where ψ(u)=∫RNF(x,u)dx. Moreover, the critical points of I in E are solutions for problem (1.1).
Proof. First, we show I is well defined. By (g6), for any ε>0, there exists σ>0 such that
|g(t)|≤ε|t|, |t|≤σ. | (2.10) |
We can deduce from (2.10), (g6) and (g9), for any ε>0, there exists Mε>0 such that
|g(t)|≤ε|t|+Mε|t|ζ−1, ∀t∈R, | (2.11) |
and
|G(t)|≤εt2+Mε|t|ζ, ∀t∈R. | (2.12) |
By (2.3) and (2.12), we have
∫RN|F(x,u)|dx=∫RNa(x)|G(u)|dx≤ε∫RNa(x)u2dx+Mε∫RNa(x)|u|ζdx≤εK22‖u‖2+MεKζζ‖u‖ζ<∞, |
which means that I is well defined. It is standard to see that I is C1 on E and (2.9) holds.
From Lemma 2.2, we can obtain
⟨I′(u),u⟩=‖u‖2−∫RNf(x,u)udx. | (2.13) |
For the reader's convenience, we state the classical Mountain Pass Theorem as follow.
Lemma 2.3. (Mountain Pass Theorem, see [10], Theorem 2.2) Let E be a real Banach space and I:R→RN be a C1-smooth functional and satisfy the (C) condition that is, (uj) has a convergent subsequence in W1,2(R,RN) whenever {I(uj)} is bounded and ‖I′(uj)‖(1+‖uj‖)→0 as n→∞. If
(ⅰ) I(0)=0;
(ⅱ) There exist constants ϱ,α>0 such that I|∂Bϱ(0)≥α;
(ⅲ) There exists e∈E∖ˉBϱ(0) such that I(e)≤0,
where Bϱ(0) is an open ball in E of radius ϱ centred at 0, then I possesses a critical value c≥α given by
c=infg∈Γmaxs∈[0,1]I(g(s)), |
where
Γ={g∈C([0,1],E):g(0)=0, g(1)=e}. |
In this section, we use the Mountain Pass Theorem to show the existence of critical points of I which help us to prove Theorems 1.1–1.3. In Lemma 3.1, we show that the (C) condition is fulfilled for I under the conditions of Theorem 1.1. In the Step 1 and Step 2, we show I satisfies the conditions (ⅰ)–(ⅲ) in the Mountain Pass Theorem. In Lemmas 3.3 and 3.4, we show that I satisfies the (C) condition under the conditions of Theorems 1.2 and 1.3 respectively.
Lemma 3.1. Suppose that (1.2) and (g1)–(g9) hold, then I satisfies the (C) condition.
Proof. Assume that {un}⊂E being a sequence such that {I(un)} is bounded and ‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)→0 as n→∞. Then, there exists a constant M2>0 such that
|I(un)|≤M2, ‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)≤M2. | (3.1) |
Now we prove that {un} is bounded in E. Arguing in an indirect way, we assume that ‖un‖→+∞ as n→∞. Set zn=un‖un‖, then ‖zn‖=1, which implies that there exists a subsequence of {zn}, still denoted by {zn}, such that zn⇀z0 in E. By (2.8) and (3.1), we get
|∫RNF(x,un)‖un‖2dx−12|=|−I(un)‖un‖2|≤M2‖un‖2, | (3.2) |
which implies that
∫RNF(x,un)‖un‖2dx→12 as n→∞. | (3.3) |
The following discussion is divided into two cases.
Case 1: z0≢0. Let Ω={x∈RN| |z0(x)|>0}. Then we can see that meas(Ω)>0, where meas denotes the Lebesgue measure. Then there exists J>0 such that meas(Λ)>0, where Λ=Ω⋂ΥJ(0) and Υr(ˉx)={x∈RN:|x−ˉx|≤r}. Since ‖un‖→+∞ as n→∞ and |un|=|zn|⋅‖un‖, then we have |un|→+∞ as n→∞ for a.e. x∈Λ. Let a1=infx∈ΥJ(0)a(x)>0. By (1.2), (g5), (g7), (3.1), Remark 1.5 and Fatou's lemma, we can obtain
lim infn→∞∫RNF(x,un)‖un‖2dx=lim infn→∞∫RNa(x)G(un)‖un‖2dx=lim infn→∞∫Λa(x)G(un)‖un‖2dx+lim infn→∞∫RN∖Λa(x)G(un)‖un‖2dx≥a1lim infn→∞∫ΛG(un)|un|2|zn|2dx−d2lim supn→∞∫RN∖Λa(x)|zn|2dx≥a1lim infn→∞∫ΛG(un)|un|2|zn|2dx−d2Alim supn→∞∫RN∖ΛV(x)|zn|2dx≥a1lim infn→∞∫ΛG(un)|un|2|zn|2dx−d2A=+∞, |
which contradicts (3.3). So ‖un‖ is bounded in this case.
Case 2: z0≡0. Set
ˆG(t)=g(t)t−νG(t), |
where ν is defined in (g4). From (2.11) and (2.12), we can deduce that there exits M3>0 such that
|ˆG(t)|≤M3(t2+|t|ζ), ∀t∈R. | (3.4) |
It follows from (3.1), (g4), (3.4) and Lemma 2.1 that
o(1)=νM2+M2‖un‖2≥νI(un)−⟨I′(un),un⟩‖un‖2≥(ν2−1)+1‖un‖2∫RNa(x)ˆG(un)dx≥(ν2−1)+1‖un‖2(∫|un|≤ρ∞a(x)ˆG(un)dx+∫|un|>ρ∞a(x)ˆG(un)dx)≥(ν2−1)−M3‖un‖2(∫|un|≤ρ∞a(x)|un|2dx+∫|un|≤ρ∞a(x)|un|ζdx)−d1‖un‖2∫|un|>ρ∞a(x)|un|2dx≥(ν2−1)−M3(1+ρζ−2∞)∫RNa(x)|zn|2dx−d1∫RNa(x)|zn|2dx→(ν2−1) as n→∞, |
which is a contradiction. Hence, ‖un‖ is still bounded in this case, which implies that {un} is bounded in E. The following proof is similar to Step 3 of the main proof in [16].
Subsequently, we show that I possesses the Mountain Pass geometric structure under the conditions of Theorem 1.1. The proof is divided into two steps.
Step 1. We show that there exist constants ϱ1, α1>0 such that I∣∂Bϱ1(0)≥α1. For ε=14A, it follows from (g8), Remark 1.5 and (2.12) that
I(u)=12‖u‖2−∫RNF(x,u)dx=12‖u‖2−∫RNa(x)G(u)dx≥12‖u‖2−ε∫RNa(x)u2dx−Mε∫RNa(x)|u|ζdx≥12‖u‖2−14∫RNV(x)u2dx−Mεd3(∫RNV(x)1β|u|ζdx+∫RN|u|ζdx)≥14‖u‖2−Mεd3(∫RNV(x)u2dx)1β(∫RN|u|βζ−2β−1dx)β−1β−Mεd3Cζζ‖u‖ζ≥14‖u‖2−Mεd3(Cβζ−2ββζ−2β−1+Cζζ)‖u‖ζ. |
It is easy to see that there exist positive constants ϱ1 and α1 such that I|∂Bϱ1≥α1. We finish the proof of this step.
Step 2. Now, we prove that there exists ˉe∈E such that ‖ˉe‖>ϱ1 and I(ˉe)≤0. Set e0∈C∞0(Υ1(0),R) such that ‖e0‖=1. Let a2=inft∈Υ1(0)a(x)>0 and a3=supt∈Υ1(0)a(x)>0. For M4>(2a2∫Υ1(0)|e0|2dx)−1, it follows from (g7) that there exists Q>0 such that
G(t)≥ M4t2 | (3.5) |
for all |t|>Q. Then, we can deduce from (g5) and (3.5) that
G(t)≥M4(t2−Q2)−d2Q2 | (3.6) |
for all t∈R. By (2.8) and (3.6), for every η∈R+, we have
I(ηe0)=η22‖e0‖2−∫RNa(x)G(ηe0)dx≤η22−∫Υ1(0)a(x)[M4(|ηe0|2−Q2)−d2Q2]dx≤(12−M4a2∫Υ1(0)|e0|2dx)η2+a3(M4+d2)Q2measΥ1(0), |
which implies that
I(ηe0)→−∞ as η→+∞. |
Hence, there exists η1>0 such that I(η1e0)<0 and ‖η1e0‖>ϱ1, which finish the proof of this step.
Proof of Theorem 1.1. It is known that the Mountain Pass Theorem still holds when the usual (PS) condition is replaced by condition (C). From the above proofs and Lemma 2.3 under (C) condition, I possesses a critical value c≥α1 and a critical point u0 such that I(u0)=c, which means problem (1.1) has at least one nontrivial solution.
Proof of Theorem 1.2. In Theorem 1.2, we show the existence of solutions for problem (1.1) under growth condition (g10). Similarly, we rewrite only the proof of Lemma 3.1 and the following proof is similar to that of Theorem 1.1.
Lemma 3.2. Suppose that (g6) and (SQ) hold, then G(t)≥0 for all t∈R.
Proof. The proof of this lemma is similar to that of Lemma 2.2 in [21].
Lemma 3.3. Suppose that (1.2), (g1)–(g3), (g6)–(g10) and (SQ) hold, then I satisfies the (C) condition.
Proof. Assume that {un}⊂E being a sequence such that {I(un)} is bounded and ‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)→0 as n→∞. Then, there exists a constant M5>0 such that
|I(un)|≤M5, ‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)≤M5. | (3.7) |
Now we prove that {un} is bounded in E. Arguing in an indirect way, we assume that ‖un‖→+∞ as n→∞. Set wn=un‖un‖. Then ‖wn‖=1 and there exists a subsequence of {wn}, still denoted by {wn}, such that wn⇀w0 in E. By Lemma 2.1, we have
wn→w0 in Lqa(RN) for any q∈[2,β∗). | (3.8) |
Similar to Lemma 3.1, we can obtain (3.3). The following proof is divided into two cases.
Case 1: w0≠0. The proof is similar to Lemma 3.1.
Case 2: w0≡0. By (2.8), (2.9) and (3.7), we obtain
2M5≥2I(un)+‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)≥2I(un)−⟨I′(un),un⟩≥∫RNa(x)˜G(un)dx. | (3.9) |
On one hand, by (2.12) and Lemma 2.1, we can deduce that
∫|un|<l∞F(x,un)‖un‖2dx≤(ε+Mεlζ−2∞)∫RNa(x)|wn|2dx→0 as n→∞. | (3.10) |
On the other hand, it follows from (g10), (SQ) and Lemma 2.1 that
∫|un|≥l∞F(x,un)‖un‖2dx=∫|un|≥l∞(a1κ(x)G(un)u2n)(aκ−1κ(x)w2n)dx≤(∫|un|≥l∞a(x)(|G(un)|u2n)κdx)1κ(∫|un|≥l∞a(x)|wn|2κκ−1dx)κ−1κ≤d1κ5(∫|un|≥l∞a(x)˜G(un)dx)1κ(∫|un|≥l∞a(x)|wn|2κκ−1dx)κ−1κ≤d1κ5(∫RNa(x)˜G(un)dx)1κ(∫RNa(x)|wn|2κκ−1dx)κ−1κ→0 as n→∞. | (3.11) |
It follows from (3.10) and (3.11) that
∫RNF(x,un)‖un‖2dx<14 |
for n large enough, which contradicts (3.3). Then we can see that ‖un‖ is bounded in E. The following proof is similar to Step 3 of the main proof in [16].
Proof of Theorem 1.3. In Theorem 1.3, we replace condition (g4) by condition (g11). Condition (g4) is only used in the proof of the boundedness of (C) sequence. Hence, we rewrite only the proof of Lemma 3.1 and the following proof is similar to that of Theorem 1.1.
Lemma 3.4. Suppose that (1.2), (g1)–(g3), (g6)–(g9), (g11) and (SQ) hold, then I satisfies the (C) condition.
Proof. Assume that {un}⊂E being a sequence such that {I(un)} is bounded and ‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)→0 as n→∞. Then there exists a constant M6>0 such that
|I(un)|≤M6, ‖I′(un)‖(1+‖un‖)≤M6. | (3.12) |
Now, we prove that {un} is bounded in E. Arguing in an indirect way, we assume ‖un‖→+∞ as n→∞. Set wn=un‖un‖. Similar to Lemma 3.3, we have (3.8). The following discussion is divided into two cases.
Case 1: w0≢0. The proof is similar to Case 1 in Lemma 3.1.
Case 2: w0≡0. Let R=(2M6+2)1/2. By (2.12), one can obtain
lim supn→∞∫RN|F(x,Rwn)|dx≤lim supn→∞∫RNa(x)(εR2w2n+Mε|Rwn|ζ)dx=0. | (3.13) |
Set λn=R‖un‖. It follows from (3.12), (2.11), (2.12), (g11), (SQ), (3.13), (2.3) and (3.8) that
M6≥I(un)=I(λnun)+1−λ2n2‖un‖2+∫RN(F(x,λnun)−F(x,un))dx=I(λnun)+1−λ2n2⟨I′(un),un⟩+∫RNa(x)(1−λ2n2g(un)un+G(λnun)−G(un))dx=I(Rwn)+12(1−R2‖un‖2)⟨I′(un),un⟩+∫|un|≤r∞a(x)(1−λ2n2g(un)un+G(λnun)−G(un))dx+∫|un|≥r∞a(x)(1−λ2n2g(un)un+G(λnun)−G(un))dx≥R22−∫RNF(x,Rwn)dx+∫|un|≤r∞a(x)(−λ2n2g(un)un+G(λnun)))dx−d6∫|un|≥r∞a(x)λμn|un|β∗dx−d7∫|un|≥r∞a(x)λsn|un|sdx+o(1)≥R22−M7∫|un|≤r∞a(x)(λ2n|un|2+λ2n|un|ζ+λζn|un|ζ)dx−d6Rμ‖un‖μ−β∗∫|un|≥r∞a(x)|wn|β∗dx−d7Rs∫|un|≥r∞a(x)|wn|sdx+o(1)≥R22−M7∫|un|≤r∞a(x)(R2|wn|2+rζ−2∞R2|wn|2+Rζ|wn|ζ)dx−d6RμKβ∗β∗‖un‖μ−β∗+o(1)=R22+o(1)=M6+1+o(1) |
for some M7>0, which is a contradiction. Hence, ‖un‖ is still bounded in this case, which implies that {un} is bounded in E. The following proof is similar to Step 3 of the main proof in [16].
In this paper, we obtain a compact embedding theorem by using a new competition condition on the potentials which involve the vanishing cases. Then, we show the existence of solutions for Schrödinger equations with different superlinear conditions via the Mountain Pass Theorem. Some examples are given to show the difference between our theorems and the results in previous works.
The authors declare that they have not used Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the creation of this article.
This work was supported by Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (No. J2023-051) and the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province (2022NSFSC1821).
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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