Electron. J. Differential Equations, Vol. 2025 (2025), No. 24, pp. 1-21.

Existence of positive solutions for systems of quasilinear Schrodinger equations

Ayesha Baig, Zhouxin Li

Abstract:
In this article, we study the existence of standing wave solutions for the quasilinear Schrodinger system $$\displaylines{ - \varepsilon^2 \Delta u + W(x) u - \kappa \varepsilon^2 \Delta (u^2) u = Q_u (u,v) \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N, \cr - \varepsilon^2 \Delta v + V(x) v - \kappa \varepsilon^2 \Delta (v^2) v = Q_v (u,v) \quad \text{in } R^N, \cr u, v > 0 \quad \text{in } R^N, \quad u,v \in H^1 (R^N). }$$ where \(N \geq 3\), \(\kappa > 0\), \(\varepsilon > 0\), \(W,V:\mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}\) are continuous functions that fall into two classes of potentials. To overcome the lack of differentiability, we use the dual approach developed by Colin–Jeanjean. The existence of solutions is obtained using Del Pino–Felmer’s penalization technique with an adaptation of Alves’ arguments [1].

Submitted April 17, 2024. Published March 3, 2025.
Math Subject Classifications: 35Q55, 58E05, 58E30.
Key Words: Quasilinear Schrodinger system; Cerami sequence; dual approach; positive solution.
DOI: 10.58997/ejde.2025.24

An addendum was posted on March 27, 2025. It indicates the overlap with the Ph.D. thesis by Laila Conceição Fontinele published in 2022. See the last page of this article.

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Ayesha Baig
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Central South University
Changsha 410083, China
email: ayee_sha@qq.com
Zhouxin Li
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Central South University
Changsha 410083, China
email: 1735881486@qq.com

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