Abstract
In line with the Trudinger–Moser inequality in the fractional Sobolev–Slobodeckij space due to
[S. Iula, A note on the Moser–Trudinger inequality in Sobolev–Slobodeckij spaces in dimension one,
Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Rend. Lincei Mat. Appl. 28 2017, 4, 871–884]
and
[E. Parini and B. Ruf,
On the Moser–Trudinger inequality in fractional Sobolev–Slobodeckij spaces,
Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Rend. Lincei Mat. Appl. 29 2018, 2, 315–319],
we establish a new version of the Trudinger–Moser inequality in
{W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}
. Define
\lVert u\rVert_{1,\tau}=\bigl{(}[u]^{p}_{W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}+\tau\lVert u%
\rVert_{p}^{p}\bigr{)}^{\frac{1}{p}}\quad\text{for any }\tau>0.
There holds
\sup_{u\in W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{N}),\lVert u\rVert_{1,\tau}\leq 1}\int_{\mathbb%
{R}^{N}}\Phi_{N,s}\bigl{(}\alpha\lvert u\rvert^{\frac{N}{N-s}}\bigr{)}<+\infty,
where
{s\in(0,1)}
,
{sp=N}
,
{\alpha\in[0,\alpha_{*})}
and
\Phi_{N,s}(t)=e^{t}-\sum_{i=0}^{j_{p}-2}\frac{t^{j}}{j!}.
Applying this result, we establish sufficient conditions for the existence of weak solutions to the following quasilinear nonhomogeneous fractional-Laplacian equation:
(-\Delta)_{p}^{s}u(x)+V(x)\lvert u(x)\rvert^{p-2}u(x)=f(x,u)+\varepsilon h(x)%
\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^{N},
where
{V(x)}
has a positive lower bound,
{f(x,t)}
behaves like
{e^{\alpha\lvert t\rvert^{N/(N-s)}}}
,
{h\in(W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{N}))^{*}}
and
{\varepsilon>0}
.
Moreover, we also derive a weak solution with negative energy.