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We consider the existence of the ground states solutions to the following Schrödinger equation:
where N ⩾ 3 and f has critical growth. We generalize an earlier theorem due to Berestycki and Lions about the subcritical case to the current critical case.
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Zhang, J., Zou, W. The critical case for a Berestycki-Lions theorem. Sci. China Math. 57, 541–554 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-013-4687-9
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