On Brezis-Nirenberg problems: open questions and new results in dimension six

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the Brezis-Nirenberg problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{aligned} &-\Delta u = \lambda u+|u|^{2^*-2}u, \quad &\mbox{in}\,\Omega,\\ &u=0,\quad &\mbox{on}\, \partial\Omega, \end{aligned}\right. \end{equation*} where $\Omega $ is a smoothly bounded domain of $\mathbb R^N$ with $N\geq 3$, $\lambda>0$ is a parameter and $2^*=\frac{2N}{N-2}$ is the critical Sobolev exponent. We first recall the history of the Brezis-Nirenberg problem and then provide new results of it in dimension six. Finally, we also list some open questions on the Brezis-Nirenberg problem.