Classification of positive solutions of Hardy-Sobolev equation without the finite volume constraints

Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with the critical Hardy-Sobolev equation \begin{equation*} -\Delta_{p}u = \frac{u^{p^{*}_s-1}}{|x|^{s}}, \ \ x\in \mathbb{R}^n \end{equation*} where $p^{*}_s = \frac{(n-s)p}{n-p}$ denotes the critical Hardy-Sobolev exponent. We classify the positive solutions of this equation for $0 < s < \frac{p-1}{p}$ and $\frac{(2s+n+1)+\sqrt{(2s+n+1)^2-12s}}{6} \leq p < n$ without finite volume constraints, which extends Ou's result in \cite{9} in the literature. The method is based on constructing suitable vector fields integral inequality and using Newton's type inequality.