An Orlicz space approach to exponential elliptic problems in higher dimensions
Abstract We consider semilinear elliptic problems of the form $$ -\Delta u + \lambda u = f(x,u), \quad u\in H^1_0(A), $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>λ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>H</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> where $$A\subset \mathbb {R}^N$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mo>⊂</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , $$N\ge 3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , is either a bounded or unbounded annulus, and $$\lambda \ge 0$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>λ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . We study a broad class of nonlinearities f with superlinear growth at infinity, including exponential- and power-type ones. Under suitable assumptions, we establish the existence of a positive nonradial solution via techniques in the spirit of Szulkin’s nonsmooth critical point theory, applied within a convex cone in Orlicz spaces. Notably, the Trudinger-Moser inequality fails in the whole Sobolev space $$H^1_0(A)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>H</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> .
Authors
- Federica Sani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-9692)
- Alberto Boscaggin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9660-9600)
- Francesca Colasuonno
- Benedetta Noris
Institutions
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT)
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-026-03267-8
- Primary Topic
- Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "Francesco Severi"
- European Commission
- Università degli Studi di Torino