On the Nehari manifold for a logarithmic fractional Schrödinger equation with possibly vanishing potentials

Le, Cong Nhan ; Le, Xuan Truong

Mathematica Bohemica, Tome 147 (2022) no. 1, pp. 33-49

Abstract (VO)

We study a class of logarithmic fractional Schrödinger equations with possibly vanishing potentials. By using the fibrering maps and the Nehari manifold we obtain the existence of at least one nontrivial solution.

Détail

DOI : 10.21136/MB.2021.0143-19

Classification : 35J60, 47J30
Keywords: Nehari manifold; fibrering maps; vanishing potential; logarithmic nonlinearity

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