Abstract

Positive entire solutions of the equation \(\Delta _p u = u^{ - q} in \mathbb{R}^N (N \geqslant 2)\) where 1 0, are classified via their Morse indices. It is seen that there is a critical power q = qc such that this equation has no positive radial entire solution that has finite Morse index when q > qc but it admits a family of stable positive radial entire solutions when 0 qc. The case of 1 < p < 2 is still open. Our main results imply that the structure of positive entire solutions of the equation is similar to that of the equation with p = 2 obtained previously. Some new ideas are introduced to overcome the technical difficulties arising from the p-Laplace operator.

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