Hardy-Sobolev inequalities with singularities on non smooth boundary. Part 2: Influence of the global geometry in small dimensions

We consider Hardy-Sobolev nonlinear equations on domains with singularities. We introduced this problem in Cheikh-Ali [4]. Under a local geometric hypothesis, namely that the generalized mean curvature is negative (see (7) below), we proved the existence of extremals for the relevant Hardy-Sobolev inequality for large dimensions. In the present paper, we tackle the question of small dimensions that was left open. We introduce a “mass”, that is a global quantity, the positivity of which ensures the existence of extremals in small dimensions. As a byproduct, we prove the existence of solutions to a perturbation of the initial equation via the Mountain-Pass Lemma.
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