On the Brezis–Nirenberg problem on $ {\mathbf{S}}^{3}$, and a conjecture of Bandle–Benguria

Wenyi Chen; Juncheng Wei

doi:10.1016/j.crma.2005.06.001

Partial Differential Equations

On the Brezis–Nirenberg problem on

S^{3}

, and a conjecture of Bandle–Benguria

Presented by: Haïm Brezis

Wenyi Chen ¹; Juncheng Wei ²

¹Department of Mathematics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, PR China
²Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 341 (2005) no. 3, pp. 153-156

Abstract (Original language)
Résumé

We consider the following Brezis–Nirenberg problem on $S^{3}$

- Δ_{S^{3}} u = λ u + u^{5} in D, u > 0 in D and u = 0 on \partial D,

where D is a geodesic ball on

S^{3}

with geodesic radius

θ_{1}

, and

Δ_{S^{3}}

is the Laplace–Beltrami operator on

S^{3}

. We prove that for any

λ < - \frac{3}{4}

and for every

θ_{1} < π

with

π - θ_{1}

sufficiently small (depending on λ), there exists bubbling solution to the above problem. This solves a conjecture raised by Bandle and Benguria [J. Differential Equations 178 (2002) 264–279] and Brezis and Peletier [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 339 (2004) 291–394].

Nous considérons le problème de Brezis–Nirenberg suivant sur $S^{3}$

- Δ_{S^{3}} u = λ u + u^{5} dans D, u > 0 dans D et u = 0 sur \partial D,

où D est une boule géodésique sur

S^{3}

de rayon géodésique

θ_{1}

, et

- Δ_{S^{3}}

est l'opérateur de Laplace–Beltrami sur

S^{3}

. Nous montrons que pour tout

λ < - \frac{3}{4}

et tout

θ_{1} < π

avec

π - θ_{1}

suffisamment petit (dependant de λ), il existe des solutions pour le problème précédent. Ce résultat répond à une conjecture de Bandle et Benguria [J. Differential Equations 178 (2002) 264–279] et de Brezis et Peletier [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 339 (2004) 291–394].

Received: 2005-05-31
Published online: 2005-08-01

DOI: 10.1016/j.crma.2005.06.001

Author's affiliations:

Wenyi Chen ¹ ; Juncheng Wei ²

¹ Department of Mathematics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, PR China
² Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

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Wenyi Chen; Juncheng Wei. On the Brezis–Nirenberg problem on $ {\mathbf{S}}^{3}$, and a conjecture of Bandle–Benguria. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 341 (2005) no. 3, pp. 153-156. doi: 10.1016/j.crma.2005.06.001

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