Elliptic Problems Involving Mixed Local-Nonlocal Operator in the Hyperbolic Space
Diksha Gupta, Konijeti Sreenadh
TL;DR
The article investigates the existence of solutions to nonlinear elliptic equations on hyperbolic space involving a mixed local-nonlocal operator, using a variational framework in H^1(B^N). It establishes subcritical existence via a Nehari-minimization and radial symmetry, and a critical-exponent result with a lower-order perturbation through a Mountain Pass approach in the radial setting, leveraging a continuous H^1-to-H^s embedding and a sharp Poincaré-Sobolev inequality. A key technical advance is the PV-based definition of the fractional operator with a radial kernel, which, together with a weak maximum principle for the mixed operator, helps control noncompactness arising from the hyperbolic geometry. The work extends Brezis-Nirenberg-type phenomena to hyperbolic spaces with nonlocal components and provides a robust variational framework for mixed local-nonlocal problems in curved geometries.
Abstract
This paper explores the existence of solutions to a class of nonlinear elliptic equations involving a mixed local-nonlocal operator of the form $-Δ_{\mathbb{B}^N} + (-Δ_{\mathbb{B}^N})^s$, with $0 < s < 1$, set in the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{B}^N$. By employing variational methods, we address both subcritical and critical nonlinearities, establishing the existence of weak solutions under appropriate conditions.
