Electron. J. Differential Equations, Vol. 2026 (2026), No. 21, pp. 1-18.

Solutions for elliptic equations with competing potentials in 4 dimensions

Wanli Sun, Yiding Wang, Jianjun Nie

Abstract:
We study the elliptic equation with competing potentials $$\displaylines{ -\Delta u+V(y)u=K(y)u^{2^*-1}, \quad \text{in } H^1(\mathbb{R}^N), \cr u>0, \quad y \in \mathbb{R}^N, }$$ where \(2^*=\frac{2N}{N-2}\) is the critical Sobolev exponent, \(y=(y',y'')\in \mathbb{R}^2\times\mathbb{R}^{N-2}\), \(V(|y'|,y'')\) and \(K(|y'|,y'')\) are nonnegative and bounded functions. Using a finite dimensional reduction argument and local Pohozaev identities, we prove the existence infinitely many solutions, when \(N=4\), \(K(r,y'')\) has a stable critical point \((r_0,y_0'')\) with \(r_0>0\) and \(K(r_0,y_0'')>0\).

Submitted December 24, 2025. Published March 2, 2026.
Math Subject Classifications: 35J15, 35J20.
Key Words: Critical elliptic equation; local Pohozaev identities; competing potentials; infinitely many solutions,
DOI: 10.58997/ejde.2026.21

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Wanli Sun
School of Mathematics and Physics
North China Electric Power University
Beijing 102206, China
email: 15215090646@163.com
Yiding Wang
School of Mathematics and Physics
North China Electric Power University
Beijing 102206, China
email: wyd1285077293@outlook.com
Jianjun Nie
School of Mathematics and Physics
North China Electric Power University
Beijing 102206, China
email: niejjun@126.com

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