Asymptotic behaviour of ground state solutions for the Hénon equation

Abstract

Let B₁(0) 'C RN' be the unit ball centred at the origin, N ≥ 3. In this paper, we analyse the profile of the ground state solution of the Hénon equation - ∆u = │x│'au⁻¹ in B₁ (0), u = 0 on ∂B₁ (0). We prove that for fixed p ε (2,2*), (2* = 2N/(N - 2)), the maximum point xₐ of the ground state solution uₐ satisfies a(1 - │xₐ│) → l ε(0,+ ∞) as a → ∞. We also obtain the asymptotic behaviour of uₐ, which shows that the ground state solution is non-radial. Moreover, we prove the existence of multi-peaked solutions and give their asymptotic behaviour.