Opuscula Math. 46, no. 4 (2026), 563-592
https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.202607081

 
Opuscula Mathematica

Ground states for the planar indefinite Choquard equation with supercritical exponential growth

Limin Zhang
Shuai Yuan

Abstract. This paper investigates a class of strongly indefinite Choquard equations formulated on the two-dimensional unit ball \(B\). Specifically, consider the following equation: \[\begin{cases}-\Delta u+V(x)u=(I_{\mu}\ast F(u))f(u), &x\in B, \\ u\in H^1_{0,\mathrm{rad}}(B), & \end{cases}\] where \(\mu\in(0,2)\) and \(I_{\mu}\) represents the classical Riesz potential. A fundamental hypothesis is that zero lies within a spectral gap of the Schrödinger operator \(-\Delta+V\). Furthermore, the continuous nonlinearity \(f(t)\) is characterized by a supercritical exponential growth governed by \(\exp[(\beta+|x|^{\alpha})t^{2}]\) with \(\beta, \alpha\gt 0\). Most existing works on this problem are limited to the subcritical or critical exponential growth cases. However, dealing with supercritical growth is much more difficult, especially when estimating the exact upper bound of the minimax levels. To overcome this, we use an approximation method and fine estimates to prove that this indefinite problem has a positive ground state solution. Our approach can also be applied to other elliptic problems with supercritical growth.

Keywords: strongly indefinite, Trudinger-Moser inequality, supercritical exponential growth.

Mathematics Subject Classification: 35J20, 35J62, 35Q55.

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  • Communicated by Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu.
  • Received: 2026-03-10.
  • Revised: 2026-07-06.
  • Accepted: 2026-07-08.
  • Published online: 2026-08-04.
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Limin Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Ground states for the planar indefinite Choquard equation with supercritical exponential growth, Opuscula Math. 46, no. 4 (2026), 563-592, https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.202607081

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