Nondegeneracy of positive solutions to nonlinear Hardy-Sobolev equations

Abstract

In this note, we prove that the kernel of the linearized equation around a positive energy solution in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, to $-\Delta W-\gamma|x|^{-2}V=|x|^{-s}W^{2^\star(s)-1}$ is one-dimensional when $s+\gamma>0$. Here, $s\in [0,2)$, $0\leq\gamma<(n-2)^2/4$ and $2^\star(s)=2(n-s)/(n-2)$.