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We consider the following class of quasilinear Schrödinger equations introduced in plasma physics and nonlinear optics with Stein–Weiss convolution parts
where \(\kappa \in \mathbb {R}\backslash \{0\}\) is a parameter, \(\beta >0\), \(0<\mu <2\) with \(0<2\beta +\mu <2\) and H is the primitive of h that fulfills the critical exponential growth in the Trudinger–Moser sense. For \(\kappa <0\): (i) via using a change of variable argument and the mountain-pass theorem, we investigate the existence of ground state solutions only assuming that \(V\in C^0(\mathbb {R}^2,\mathbb {R}^+)\) and \(\inf _{x \in \mathbb {R}^2}V(x)>0\), which complements and generalizes the problems proposed in our recent work in Alves and Shen (J Differ Equ 344:352–404, 2023); (ii) by developing a new type of Trudinger–Moser inequality, we establish a Pohoz̆aev type ground solution by the constraint minimization approach when \(V\equiv 1\). Moreover, if \(\kappa >0\) is small, combining the mountain-pass theorem and Nash–Moser iteration procedure, we obtain the existence of nontrivial solutions, where the asymptotical behavior is also considered when \(\kappa \rightarrow 0^+\). It seems that the results presented above are even new for the case \(\kappa =0\).
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Alves, C.O., Shen, L. Soliton solutions for a class of critical Schrödinger equations with Stein–Weiss convolution parts in \(\mathbb {R}^2\). Monatsh Math (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-024-01980-0
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Keywords
- Quasilinear Schrödinger equations
- Stein–Weiss convolution
- Trudinger–Moser inequality
- Change of variable
- Nash–Moser iteration
- Asymptotical behavior