One-dimensional periodic fractional Schrödinger equations with
exponential critical growth
Abstract
In the present paper, we study the existence of nontrivial solutions of
the following one-dimensional fractional
Schr\“{o}dinger equation $$
(-\Delta)^{1/2}u+V(x)u=f(x,u), \
\ x\in \R, $$ where
$(-\Delta)^{1/2}$ stands for the
$1/2$-Laplacian, $V(x)\in
\mathcal{C}(\R,
(0,+\infty))$, and
$f(x,u):\R\times\R\to
\R$ is a continuous function with an exponential
critical growth. Comparing with the existing works in the field of
exponential-critical-growth fractional Schr\”{o}dinger
equations, we encounter some new challenges due to the weaker
assumptions on the reaction term $f$. By using some sharp energy
estimates, we present a detailed analysis of the energy level, which
allows us to establish the existence of nontrivial solutions for a wider
class of nonlinear terms. Furthermore, we use the non-Nehari manifold
method to establish the existence of Nehari-type ground state solutions
of the one-dimensional fractional Schr\”{o}dinger
equations.