Non-homogeneous fourth order elliptic inequalities with the convolution term

Abstract

We are concerned with the study of the twin non-local inequalities featuring non-homogeneous differential operators $$\displaystyle -\Delta^2 u + \lambda\Delta u \geq (K_{\alpha, \beta} * u^p)u^q \quad\text{ in } \mathbb{R}^N (N\geq 1),$$ and $$\displaystyle \Delta^2 u - \lambda\Delta u \geq (K_{\alpha, \beta} * u^p)u^q \quad\text{ in } \mathbb{R}^N (N\geq 1),$$ with parameters $\lambda, p, q >0$, $0\leq \alpha \leq N$ and $\beta>\alpha-N$. In the above inequalities the potential $K_{\alpha,\beta}$ is given by $K_{\alpha, \beta}(x) = |x|^{-\alpha}\log^{\beta}(1 + |x|)$ while $K_{\alpha, \beta} * u^p$ denotes the standard convolution operator in $\mathbb{R}^N$. We discuss the existence and non-existence of non-negative solutions in terms of $N, p, q, \lambda, \alpha$ and $\beta$.