A new perturbation to a critical elliptic problem with a variable exponent

In this paper, we study the following critical elliptic problem with a variable exponent:

$$\left\{ {\matrix{{ - \Delta u = {u^{p + \epsilon a\left( x \right)}}} \hfill & {{\rm{in}}\,\,\Omega ,} \hfill \cr {u > 0} \hfill & {{\rm{in}}\,\,\Omega ,} \hfill \cr {u = 0} \hfill & {{\rm{on}}\,\partial \Omega ,} \hfill \cr } } \right.$$

where \(a\left( x \right) \in {C^2}\left( {\overline \Omega } \right),\,p = {{N + 2} \over {N - 2}},\,\,\epsilon > 0\), and Ω is a smooth bounded domain in ℝ^N (N ≽ 4). We show that for ∊ small enough, there exists a family of bubble solutions concentrating at the negative stable critical point of the function a(x). This is a new perturbation to the critical elliptic equation in contrast to the usual subcritical or supercritical perturbation, and gives the first existence result for the critical elliptic problem with a variable exponent.