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March  2014, 13(2): 567-584. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.567

Positive solutions of nonhomogeneous fractional Laplacian problem with critical exponent

 1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, School of Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, School of Mathematics Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu 3 School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China

Received  October 2012 Revised  June 2013 Published  October 2013

In this paper, we study the following problem \begin{eqnarray} (-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}u = K(x)|u|^{2_{\alpha}^{*}-2}u + f(x) \quad in \ \Omega,\\ u=0 \quad on \ \partial \Omega, \end{eqnarray} where $\Omega\subset R^N$ is a smooth bounded domain, $0< \alpha < 2$, $N>\alpha$, $2_{\alpha}^{*}= \frac{2N}{N-\alpha}$, $f\in H^{-\frac{\alpha}{2}}(\Omega)$ and $K(x)\in L^\infty(\Omega)$. Under appropriate assumptions on $K$ and $f$, we prove that this problem has at least two positive solutions. When $\alpha = 1$, we also establish a nonexistence result for a positive solution in a class of linear positive-type domains are more general than star-shaped ones.
Citation: Xudong Shang, Jihui Zhang, Yang Yang. Positive solutions of nonhomogeneous fractional Laplacian problem with critical exponent. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2014, 13 (2) : 567-584. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.567
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