Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2011 (2011), No. 98, pp. 1-13. Title: Existence and multiplicity of solutions for a singular semilinear elliptic problem in R^2 Author: Manasses de Souza (Univ. Federal da Paraiba, Brazil) Abstract: Using minimax methods we study the existence and multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for a singular class of semilinear elliptic nonhomogeneous equation where the potentials can change sign and the nonlinearities may be unbounded in $x$ and behaves like $\exp(\alpha s^2)$ when $|s|\to+\infty$. We establish the existence of two distinct solutions when the perturbation is suitable small. Submitted May 02, 2011. Published August 03, 2011. Math Subject Classifications: 35J60, 35J20, 35B33. Key Words: Variational methods; Trudinger-Moser inequality; critical points; critical exponents.