{ "id": "1708.01369", "version": "v1", "published": "2017-08-04T03:21:38.000Z", "updated": "2017-08-04T03:21:38.000Z", "title": "Multiple Positive Solutions for Nonlocal Elliptic Problems Involving the Hardy Potential and Concave-Convex Nonlinearities", "authors": [ "Shaya Shakerian" ], "categories": [ "math.AP" ], "abstract": "In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of solutions for the following fractional problem involving the Hardy potential and concave-convex nonlinearities: $$({-}{ \\Delta})^{\\frac{\\alpha}{2}}u- \\gamma \\frac{u}{|x|^{\\alpha}}= \\lambda f(x) |u|^{q - 2} u + g(x) {\\frac{|u|^{p-2}u}{|x|^s}} \\ \\text{ in } {\\Omega,} \\quad \\text{ with Dirichlet boundary condition } u = 0 \\ \\text{ in } \\mathbb{R}^n \\setminus \\Omega,$$ where $\\Omega \\subset \\mathbb{R}^n$ is a smooth bounded domain in $\\mathbb{R}^n$ containing $0$ in its interior, and $f,g \\in C(\\overline{\\Omega})$ with $f^+,g^+ \\not\\equiv 0$ which may change sign in $\\overline{\\Omega}.$ We use the variational methods and the Nehari manifold decomposition to prove that this problem has at least two positive solutions for $\\lambda$ sufficiently small. The variational approach requires that $0 < \\alpha <2,$ $ 0