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On the Brezis–Nirenberg problem for the (pq)-Laplacian

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We prove some existence and nonexistence results for a class of critical (pq)-Laplacian problems in a bounded domain. Our results extend and complement those in the literature for model cases.

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The third author was supported by the 2022-0461 Research Fund of the University of Ulsan.

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Ho, K., Perera, K. & Sim, I. On the Brezis–Nirenberg problem for the (pq)-Laplacian. Annali di Matematica 202, 1991–2005 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10231-023-01309-y

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