Existence and asymptotic behavior of standing wave solutions for a class of generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations with critical Sobolev exponents

Abstract

In this paper, we study the following generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equation − div ( ε 2 g 2 ( u ) ∇ u ) + ε 2 g ( u ) g ′ ( u ) | ∇ u | 2 + V ( x ) u = K ( x ) | u | p − 2 u + | u | 22 ∗ − 2 u , x ∈ R N , where N ⩾ 3, ε > 0, 4 < p < 22 ∗ , g ∈ C 1 ( R , R + ), V ∈ C ( R N ) ∩ L ∞ ( R N ) has a positive global minimum, and K ∈ C ( R N ) ∩ L ∞ ( R N ) has a positive global maximum. By using a change of variable, we obtain the existence and concentration behavior of ground state solutions for this problem with critical growth, and establish a phenomenon of exponential decay. Moreover, by Ljusternik–Schnirelmann theory, we also prove the existence of multiple solutions.