On a sharp inequality of Adimurthi-Druet type and extremal functions

Abstract

Our main purpose in this paper is to establish the existence and nonexistence of extremal functions for sharp inequality of Adimurthi-Druet type for fractional dimensions on the entire space. Precisely, we extend the sharp Trudinger-Moser type inequality in (Calc.Var.Partial Differential Equations, \textbf{52} (2015) 125-163) for the entire space. In addition, we perform the two-step strategy of Carleson-Chang together blow up analysis method to ensure the existence of maximizers for the associated extremal problems for both subcritical and critical regimes. We also present a nonexistence result under subcritical regime for some special cases.