Electron. J. Differential Equations, Vol. 2023 (2023), No. 48, pp. 1-17.

Multiplicity of solutions for a generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation with potential in R^2

Zheng Xie, Jing Chen

Abstract:
In this article, we study the generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation with a potential $$ (-u_{xx}+D_{x}^{-2}u_{yy}+V(\varepsilon x,\varepsilon y)u-f(u))_{x}=0 \quad \text{in }\mathbb{R}^2, $$ where \(D_{x}^{-2}h(x,y)=\int_{-\infty }^{x}\int_{-\infty }^{t}h(s,y)\,ds\,dt \), \(f\) is a nonlinearity, \(\varepsilon\) is a small positive parameter, and the potential \(V\) satisfies a local condition. We prove the existence of nontrivial solitary waves for the modified problem by applying penalization techniques. The relationship between the number of positive solutions and the topology of the set where \(V\) attains its minimum is obtained by using Ljusternik-Schnirelmann theory. With the help of Moser's iteration method, we verify that the solutions of the modified problem are indeed solutions of the original problem for \(\varepsilon>0\) small enough.

Submitted May 4, 2023. Published July 17, 2023.
Math Subject Classifications: 35A15, 35A18, 35Q53, 58E05, 76B25.
Key Words: Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation; variational methods; penalization techniques; Ljusternik-Schnirelmann theory.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58997/ejde.2023.48

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Zheng Xie
School of Mathematics and Computer science
Hunan University of Science and Technology
Xiangtan, 411201 Hunan, China
email: xz@mail.hnust.edu.cn
Jing Chen
School of Mathematics and Computer science
Hunan University of Science and Technology
Xiangtan, 411201 Hunan, China
email: cjhnust@hnust.edu.cn

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