Existence of solutions for critical (p,q)-Laplacian equations in ℝN

Abstract

In this paper, we are mainly interested in existence properties for a class of nonlinear PDEs driven by the ([Formula: see text])-Laplace operator where the reaction combines a power-type nonlinearity at critical level with a subcritical term. In addition, nonnegative nontrivial weights and a positive parameter [Formula: see text] are included in the nonlinearity. An important role in the analysis developed is played by the two potentials. Precisely, under suitable conditions on the exponents of the nonlinearity, first a detailed proof of the tight convergence of a sequence of measures is given, then the existence of a nontrivial weak solution is obtained provided that the parameter [Formula: see text] is far from [Formula: see text]. Our proofs use concentration compactness principles by Lions and Mountain Pass Theorem by Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz.