Normalized solutions to Kirchhoff equation with the Sobolev critical exponent in high dimensional spaces

Abstract

The following well-known Kirchhoff equation with the Sobolev critical exponent has been extensively studied, \begin{equation*} -\Big(a+b\int_{\mathbb R^N} | \nabla u|^2dx\Big) \Delta u+\lambda u=\mu |u|^{q-2}u+|u|^{2^*-2}u \ \ {\rm in}\ \ \mathbb{R}^N, \ \ N\geq4, \end{equation*} having prescribed mass $\int_{\mathbb R^N}|u|^2dx=c$, where $a$, $c$ are two positive constants, $b,\mu$ are two parameters, $\lambda$ appears as a real Lagrange multiplier and $2 0$, $N\geq5$ and $2 0$ and $N=4$, we obtain a local minimizer solution and a mountain pass solution under explicit conditions on $b$ and $c$. It is worth noting that the second solution is obtained by introducing a new functional to establish a threshold for the mountain pass level, which is the key step for the fulfillment of the Palais-Smale condition. This paper provides a refinement and extension of the results of the normalized solutions for Kirchhoff type problem in high-dimensional spaces.