We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the nonlocal nonlinear equation (−∆p) u = |u|u in a bounded domain Ω ⊂ R as q approaches the critical Sobolev exponent p∗ = Np/(N − ps). We prove that ground state solutions concentrate at a single point x̄ ∈ Ω and analyze the asymptotic behavior for sequences of solutions at higher energy levels. In the semi-linear case p = 2, we prove that for s...

The U(5) − O(6) transitional behavior of the Interacting Boson Model in the large N limit is revisited. Some low-lying energy levels, overlaps of the ground state wavefunctions, B(E2) transition rate for the decay of the first excited energy level to the ground state, and the order parameters are calculated for different total numbers of bosons. The results show that critical behaviors of these...