Sufficient conditions for multiplicity and uniqueness of positive solutions of the Hénon equation

RESUMO

We establish explicit sufficient conditions for multiplicity of positive solutions of the Hénon equation in the unit ball and for uniqueness in one dimension. In the Sobolev-subcritical range, a spherical harmonic function argument shows that the radial solution has Morse index greater than one and therefore differs from a ground state. In even dimensions, a degree-four perturbation in a symmetry and monotonicity cone yields a sufficient condition for nonradiality in the supercritical range. The one-dimensional uniqueness criterion follows from a comparison of weighted Dirichlet eigenvalues and a concavity estimate.