Least energy solutions for Choquard equations involving vanishing potentials and exponential growth
Abstract In this paper, we consider the existence of solutions for Choquard equation of the form $$\begin{aligned} -\Delta u+V(|x|) u =[I_\alpha *(Q(|x|)F(u))]Q(|x|)f(u), \ \ \ \ x\in \mathbb {R}^{2}, \end{aligned}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtable> <mml:mtr> <mml:mtd> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>I</mml:mi> <mml:mi>α</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mtd> </mml:mtr> </mml:mtable> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> where the nonlinear term f has exponential growth, the radial potentials $$V,\ Q: \mathbb {R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb {R}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mi>Q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>:</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> are unbounded, singular at the origin or decaying to zero. By combining the variational methods, Trudinger-Moser inequality and some new approaches to estimate precisely the minimax level of the energy functional, we prove the existence of a nontrivial solution for the above problem under some weaker assumptions. Our study extends and improves the results of [Albuquerque-Ferreira-Severo, Milan J. Math. 89 (2021)] and [Alves-Shen, J. Differential Equations, 344 (2023)].
Authors
- Lixi Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-5761)
- Jin Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5274-1129)
- Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu
Publication Details
- Journal
- Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales Serie A Matemáticas
- Published
- 2026-01-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-025-01825-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 66.32