A characterization related to Schrödinger equations on Riemannian manifolds

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the following problem: [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is a [Formula: see text]-dimensional ([Formula: see text], non-compact Riemannian manifold with asymptotically non-negative Ricci curvature, [Formula: see text] is a real parameter, [Formula: see text] is a positive coercive potential, [Formula: see text] is a bounded function and [Formula: see text] is a suitable nonlinearity. By using variational methods, we prove a characterization result for existence of solutions for [Formula: see text].