Sign-changing solutions for critical Hamiltonian systems in $\mathbb{R}^N$

Abstract

We build infinitely many geometrically distinct non-radial sign-changing solutions for the Hamiltonian-type elliptic systems $$ -\Delta u =|v|^{p-1}v\ \hbox{in}\ \mathbb{R}^N,\ -\Delta v =|u|^{q-1}u\ \hbox{in}\ \mathbb{R}^N,$$ where the exponents $(p,q)$ satisfy $p,q>1$ and belong to the critical hyperbola $$\frac1{p+1}+\frac1{q+1} =\frac {N-2}N.$$ To establish this result, we introduce several new ideas and strategies that are both robust and potentially applicable to other critical problems lacking the Kelvin invariance.