Existence and non-existence of nonradial solutions to an elliptic equation on hyperbolic space with critical and subcritical nonlinearities
In this article, we study the semi-linear elliptic problem: \begin{equation*} -\Delta_{\mathbb{B}^N} u \, - \, \lambda u = |u|^{p-1}u, \quad u \in H^{1}(\mathbb{B}^N), \end{equation*} where $N \geq 3$, $\lambda > \frac{N(N-2)}{4}$, and $1 < p \leq 2^*-1$. Here, $\mathbb{B}^N$ represents the Poincar\'e ball model of the hyperbolic space, and $H^{1}(\mathbb{B}^N)$ denotes the Sobolev space on $\mathbb{B}^N$. In the critical case $p = 2^*-1$, with $\lambda < \frac{(N-1)^2}{4}$ and $N \geq 4$, we establish the existence and multiplicity of nonradial sign-changing solutions. Moreover, our result answers an open question: ``the existence of sign-changing solutions in the lower dimensions $4 \leq N \leq 6$". We also prove a partial non-existence result for a large class of symmetric solutions when $\lambda > \frac{(N-1)^2}{4}$, based on a quantitative orbit packing condition.