Advances in Differential Equations
- Adv. Differential Equations
- Volume 13, Number 1-2 (2008), 105-138.
Symmetry of extremal functions in Moser-Trudinger inequalities and a Hénon type problem in dimension two
Denis Bonheure, Enrico Serra, and Massimo Tarallo
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the symmetry properties of maximizers of a Hénon type functional in dimension two. Namely, we study the symmetry of the functions that realize the maximum $$ \sup_{u\in {{H^{1}(\Omega)}}\atop ||u||\le 1} {{\int_\Omega}} \left(e^{\gamma u^2} - 1\right)|x|^\alpha {{\,dx}}, $$ where $\Omega$ is the unit ball of $\mathbb R^2$ and $\alpha,\, \gamma>0$. We identify and study the limit functional $$ \sup_{u\in {{H^{1}(\Omega)}}\atop ||u||\le 1} {{\int_{\partial\Omega}}} \left(e^{\gamma u^2} - 1\right)\,ds, $$ which is the main ingredient to describe the behavior of maximizers as $\alpha\to \infty$. We also consider the limit functional as $\alpha\to 0$ and the properties of its maximizers.
Article information
Source
Adv. Differential Equations Volume 13, Number 1-2 (2008), 105-138.
Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 December 2012
Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ade/1355867361
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2482538
Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1173.35044
Subjects
Primary: 35A23: Inequalities involving derivatives and differential and integral operators, inequalities for integrals
Secondary: 35A15: Variational methods 35J20: Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations 46E35: Sobolev spaces and other spaces of "smooth" functions, embedding theorems, trace theorems
Citation
Bonheure, Denis; Serra, Enrico; Tarallo, Massimo. Symmetry of extremal functions in Moser-Trudinger inequalities and a Hénon type problem in dimension two. Adv. Differential Equations 13 (2008), no. 1-2, 105--138. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ade/1355867361