\documentclass[reqno]{amsart} \usepackage{hyperref} \AtBeginDocument{{\noindent\small \emph{Electronic Journal of Differential Equations}, Vol. 2014 (2014), No. 150, pp. 1--13.\newline ISSN: 1072-6691. URL: http://ejde.math.txstate.edu or http://ejde.math.unt.edu \newline ftp ejde.math.txstate.edu} \thanks{\copyright 2014 Texas State University - San Marcos.} \vspace{9mm}} \begin{document} \title[\hfilneg EJDE-2014/150\hfil Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell systems] {Multiple solutions for Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell systems with unbounded and decaying radial potentials} \author[F. Liao, X. Wang, Z. Liu \hfil EJDE-2014/150\hfilneg] {Fangfang Liao, Xiaoping Wang, Zhigang Liu} % in alphabetical order \address{Fangfang Liao \newline School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China.\newline Department of Mathematics, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, 423000, Hunan, China} \email{liaofangfang1981@126.com} \address{Xiaoping Wang \newline Department of Mathematics, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, 423000, Hunan, China} \email{wxp31415@163.com} \address{Zhigang Liu \newline Department of Mathematics, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, 423000, Hunan, China} \email{liuzg22@sina.com} \thanks{Submitted March 14, 2014. Published June 27, 2014.} \subjclass[2000]{35J20, 35J60} \keywords{Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell system; unbounded or decaying potential; \hfill\break\indent weighted Sobolev space; mountain pass theorem} \begin{abstract} This article concerns the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell system \begin{gather*} -\Delta u +V(|x|)u +Q(|x|)\phi u=Q(|x|) f(u),\quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^3\\ -\Delta \phi =Q(|x|) u^{2}, \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^3 \end{gather*} where $V$ and $Q$ are unbounded and decaying radial. Under suitable assumptions on nonlinearity $f(u)$, we establish the existence of nontrivial solutions and a sequence of high energy solutions in weighted Sobolev space via Mountain Pass Theorem and symmetric Mountain Pass Theorem. \end{abstract} \maketitle \numberwithin{equation}{section} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma} \newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary} \newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark} \allowdisplaybreaks \section{Introduction} This article concerns the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell system \begin{equation}\label{1.1} \begin{gathered} -\Delta u +V(|x|)u +Q(|x|)\phi u=Q(|x|) f(u),\quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^3\\ -\Delta \phi =Q(|x|) u^{2},\quad\text{in } \mathbb{R}^3. \end{gathered} \end{equation} Such a system, also known as the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell system, arises in an interesting physical context. Indeed, according to a classical model, the interaction of a charge particle with an electromagnetic field can be described by coupling the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger and the Maxwell equations. For more details on the physical aspects, we refer to \cite{BF1}. In particular, if we are looking for electrostatic-type solutions, we just have to solve \eqref{1.1}. For this problem in a bounded domain, there are some works. Let us recall some recent results. Benci and Fortunato obtained the existence of infinitely many solutions of an eigenvalue problem in \cite{BF1}. D'Aprile and Wei \cite{DW} studied concentration phenomena for the system in the unit ball $B_1$ of $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Candela and Salvatore \cite{CS} considered the problem with a non-homogeneous term and obtained infinitely many radially symmetric solutions. Recently, the problem in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^3$ was considered in some works, see for instance $[4-15]$ and the references therein. We recall some of them as follows. Ruiz \cite{R} considered the system \begin{equation}\label{1.2} \begin{gathered} -\Delta u +V(x)u +\lambda\phi u=Q(x) f(u),\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^3\\ -\Delta \phi = u^{2},\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^3 \end{gathered} \end{equation} and obtained the existence and nonexistence of radial solutions for \eqref{1.2} with $V(x)=Q(x)=1,f(u)=u^{p}(10$. By using the classical Mountain Pass Theorem, the author obtained the existence of positive solutions with $\lambda=1$ and $f(u)=u^{p}(10$ and for each $M>0$, $\operatorname{meas}\{x\in \mathbb{R}^3|V(x)\le M\}<+\infty$, \end{itemize} and proved that \eqref{1.2} has infinitely many high energy solutions under the condition that $f(x,u)$ is superlinear at infinity in $u$ by fountain theorem established in \cite{Z}. Soon after, Li, Su and Wei \cite{LSW} improved their results. For $V(x)$ and $f(x,u)$ are $1$-periodic in each $x$. Zhao and Zhao \cite{ZZ1} considered this case and obtained the existence of infinitely many geometrically distinct solutions. For the result of semiclassical solutions, we refer to \cite{YSD}. In the present paper, we will consider more general radial potential, that is, the potential $V(x)$ may be unbounded, decaying and vanishing. We make the following assumptions: \begin{itemize} \item[(V1)] $V(r)\in C((0,+\infty))$, $V(r)\geq 0$ and there exist $a_{0}$ and $a_1$ such that \[ \liminf _{r\to 0}\frac{V(r)}{r^{a_{0}}}>0, \quad \liminf _{r\to+\infty}\frac{V(r)}{r^{a_1}}>0, \] \item[(Q0)] $Q(r)\in C((0,+\infty))$, $Q(r)\geq 0$ and there exist $b_{0}$ and $b_1$ such that \[ \limsup _{r\to 0}\frac{Q(r)}{r^{b_{0}}}>0,\quad \limsup _{r\to+\infty}\frac{Q(r)}{r^{b_1}}>0. \] \end{itemize} Next we introduce notation. Let $C_{0}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ denote the collection of smooth functions with compact support and \[ C_{0,r}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^3)=\{u\in C_{0}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^3): u\text{ is radial}\}. \] Let $D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ be the completion of $C_{0,r}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ under the norm \[ \|u\|_{D_{r}^{1,2}}=\Big(\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}|\nabla u|^{2}dx\Big)^{1/2}. \] Define \[ L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q)=\{u: \mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{R}; u\text{ is measurable and } \int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)|u|^{p}dx< \infty\}. \] with norm \[ \|u\|_{p}=\Big(\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)|u|^{p}dx\Big)^{1/p}. \] Set \[ E=H_{r}^{1}(\mathbb{R}^3; V)=D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)\cap L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^3; V), \] which is a Hilbert space with the norm \[ \|u\|_{E}=\Big(\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}|\nabla u|^{2}+V(|x|)u^{2}dx\Big)^{1/2}. \] Corresponding to \cite{SWM}, if (V1) and (Q0) are satisfied, for $N=3$, we define \begin{gather*} \overline{p}(a_{0},b_{0})=\begin{cases} 6+2b_{0}, & b_{0}\geq -2, \; a_{0}\geq -2,\\ \frac{8+4b_{0}-2a_{0}}{4+a_{0}}, & -2\geq a_{0}>-4, \; b_{0}\geq a_{0},\\ \infty , & a_{0}\leq -4, \; b_{0}>-4, \end{cases} \\ \underline{p}(a_1,b_1)=\begin{cases} \frac{8+4b_1-2a_1}{4+a_1}, &b_1\geq a_1>-2,\\ 6+2b_1, &b_1\geq-2, \; a_1\leq-2,\\ 2 , & b_1\leq max\{a_1, -2\}. \end{cases} \end{gather*} On the other hand, recently, Su, Wang and Willem \cite{SWM} studied the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation \begin{equation}\label{1.3} \begin{gathered} -\Delta u +V(|x|)u =Q(|x|)f(u), \quad\text{in } \mathbb{R}^N\\ u(x)\to 0, \quad \text{as } |x|\to \infty. \end{gathered} \end{equation} and assumed the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition holds; i.e., there exists $\mu>2$ such that \begin{eqnarray}\nonumber 0<\mu F(u)\leq uf(u), \quad \forall u \in\mathbb{R}, \end{eqnarray} where $F(u)=\int_{0}^{u}f(s)ds$. They proved the existence of ground states solutions when $V$ and $Q$ satisfy the assumption (V1) and (Q0). Motivated by the above facts, as in \cite{SWM}, the purpose of this paper is to extend the existence results of problem \eqref{1.3} to Schr\"{o}dinger-Maxwell system \eqref{1.1}. Moreover, we assume \begin{itemize} \item[(Q1)] $Q\in L^{\frac{6p-12}{5p-12}}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ for all $p>12/5$. \end{itemize} To reduce our statement, we first make the following assumption on $f$. \begin{itemize} \item[(F1)] $f\in C(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})$, and $|f(u)|\leq c(|u|^{p_1-1}+|u|^{p_{2}-1})$ \end{itemize} for some $\underline{p}0$ such that \begin{equation}\label{1.5} \int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|) \phi _{u}u^{2} dx \leq c_4\|u\|_{E}^{4}. \end{equation} So, we can consider the functional $I: E\to \mathbb{R}^3$ defined by $I(u)=J(u,\phi_{u})$. By \eqref{1.4} the reduced functional takes the form \begin{equation}\label{1.6} I(u)=\frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} Q(|x|)\phi _{u}u^{2} dx -\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)F(u)dx. \end{equation} It is clear that $I$ is well defined. Moreover, Our hypotheses imply that $I\in C^{1}(E, \mathbb{R})$ and a standard argument shows that $(u,\phi)\in E\times D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ is a critical point of $J$ if and only if $u$ is a critical point of $I$ and $\phi=\phi_{u}$ (see \cite{W1}). \begin{lemma} \label{lem2.2} If assumptions {\rm (V1), (Q0), (Q1), (F1)} hold, then $I\in C^{1}(E, \mathbb{R})$ and \begin{equation}\label{2.1} \langle I'(u), v\rangle=\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}(\nabla u\cdot \nabla v +V(|x|)uv)dx+\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} Q(|x|)\phi _{u}uv dx-\langle \Psi'(u), v\rangle, \end{equation} where $\Psi(u)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)F(u)dx$. \end{lemma} \begin{proof} First, we prove the existence of the Gateaux derivative of $\Psi$. From (F1), we have \begin{gather}\label{2.2} |f(u)|\leq c(|u|^{p_1-1}+|u|^{p_{2}-1}),\\ \label{2.3} |F(u)|\leq c(\frac{1}{p_1}|u|^{p_1}+\frac{1}{p_{2}}|u|^{p_{2}}). \end{gather} For any $u, v \in E$ and $0<|t|<1$, by the mean value and \eqref{2.2}, there exists $0<\theta<1$ such that \begin{align*} &\frac{|Q(|x|)F(u+tv)-Q(|x|)F(u)|}{|t|}\\ &= |Q(|x|)f(u+\theta tv)v|\\ &\leq cQ(|x|)(|u+\theta tv|^{p_1-1}+|u+\theta tv|^{p_{2}-1})|v|\\ &\leq c_{5}Q(|x|)[(|u|^{p_1-1}|v|+|v|^{p_1})+(|u|^{p_{2}-1}|v|+|v|^{p_{2}})] \end{align*} The H\"{o}lder inequality implies \[ g(x):= c_{}Q(|x|)[(|u|^{p_1-1}|v|+|v|^{p_1})+(|u|^{p_{2}-1}|v|+|v|^{p_{2}})]\in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^3). \] Consequently, by the Lebesgue's dominated convergence theorem, one has \[ \langle \Psi'(u), v\rangle=\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)f(u)vdx. \] Next,we show that $\Psi'(\cdot):E\to E^{\ast}$ is continuous. Assume that $u_{n}\to u$ in $E$. By Lemma \ref{lem2.1}, we know that $u_{n}\to u$ in $L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q)$, for $\underline{p}\leq p\leq \overline{p}$ when $\overline{p}< \infty$ and for $\underline{p}\leq p< \overline{p}$ when $\overline{p}= \infty$. On the space $L^{p_1}(\mathbb{R}^3;Q)\cap L^{p_{2}}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q)$, we define the norm \begin{align*} \|u\|_{p_1\wedge p_{2}} &= \|u\|_{{p_1}}+\|u\|_{{p_{2}}}\\ &= \Big(\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)|u|^{p_1}dx\Big)^{1/p_1}+ \left(\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)|u|^{p_{2}}dx\right)^{1/p_2} \end{align*} On the space $L^{p_1}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q)+ L^{p_{2}}(\mathbb{R}^3;Q)$, we define the norm \[ \|u\|_{p_1\vee p_{2}}=\inf \left\{\|v\|_{{p_1}}+\|w\|_{{p_{2}}}: v\in L^{p_1}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q), w\in L^{p_{2}}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q), u=v+w\right\}. \] Since $\underline{p}0$ such that $\max\{\underline{p},4\}<\mu \leq\overline{p}<\infty$, and \[ \mu F(u)\leq uf(u), ~\forall u \in\mathbb{R}, \quad \inf _{|u|= r}F(u):=\beta>0. \] \end{itemize} Then system \eqref{1.1} has a nontrivial solution. Furthermore, if $f(u)$ is odd in $u$, then system \eqref{1.1} has a sequence $\{(u_{n},\phi_{n})\}$ of solutions in $E\times D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ with $\|u_{n}\|\to \infty$ and $I(u_{n})\to +\infty$. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} From (F1), we have \[ |F(u)|\leq c(\frac{1}{p_1}|u|^{p_1}+\frac{1}{p_{2}}|u|^{p_{2}}). \] Note that \begin{align*} I(u) &= \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} Q(|x|)\phi _{u}u^{2} dx -\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)F(u)dx\\ &\geq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}-\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)F(u)dx\\ &\geq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}-\frac{c}{p_1}\|u\|_{p_1}^{p_1} -\frac{c}{p_{2}}\|u\|_{p_{2}}^{p_{2}}\\ &\geq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}-c_{8}\|u\|_{E}^{p_1}-c_{9}\|u\|_{E}^{p_{2}}. \end{align*} Since $p_1, p_{2}>2$, we can take a small $\rho$ such that \[ I|_{\partial B_{\rho}}\geq \frac{1}{2}\rho^{2}-c_{8}\rho^{p_1}-c_{9}\rho^{p_{2}}:=\delta>0, \] where $B_{\rho}=\{u\in E: \|u\|_{E}<\rho\}$. For $z\in \mathbb{R}$, set \[ h(t):=F(t^{-1}z)t^{\mu},\quad \forall t\in [1, +\infty). \] For $|z|\geq r$ and $t\in [1, |z|/r]$, by (F2), one has \begin{align*} h'(t) &= f(t^{-1}z)(-\frac{z}{t^{2}})t^{\mu}+F(t^{-1}z)\mu t^{\mu-1}\\ &= t^{\mu-1}\left(\mu F(t^{-1}z)-t^{-1}zf(t^{-1}z)\right) \leq 0. \end{align*} So, we have \[ F(z)=h(1)\geq h(\frac{|z|}{r})\geq\frac{\beta}{r^{\mu}}|z|^{\mu}. \] Since $\mu>4$, there exists a constant $\max\{\underline{p},4\}<\alpha <\overline{p}$ such that $\alpha<\mu$, and hence \begin{equation}\label{3.1} \lim _{|u|\to \infty}\frac{F(u)}{|u|^{\alpha}}=+\infty. \end{equation} For any finite dimensional space $E_1\subset E$, by the equivalence of norms in the finite space, there exists a constant $c_{(\alpha)}>0$, such that \begin{equation}\label{3.2} \|u\|_{\alpha}\geq c_{\alpha}\|u\|_{E},\quad \forall u\in E_1 \end{equation} where $\alpha$ is the constant appearing in \eqref{3.1}. For any $\sigma >0$, by (F1), there is a constant $c_{\sigma}>0$ such that \[ |F(u)|\leq c_{\sigma}|u|^{\underline{p}},\quad \forall |u|<\sigma. \] Hence, by \eqref{3.1}, we know that for $M>0$, there is a constant $C_{M}>0$ such that \begin{equation}\label{3.3} F(u)\geq M|u|^{\alpha}-C_{M}|u|^{\underline{p}},\ \ \forall u\in \mathbb{R}. \end{equation} By \eqref{3.2} and \eqref{3.3}, we have \begin{align*} I(u) &\leq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{c_4}{4}\|u\|_{E}^{4} -M\|u\|_{\alpha}^{\alpha}+C_{M}\|u\|_{\underline{p}}^{\underline{p}}\\ &\leq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{c_4}{4}\|u\|_{E}^{4} -Mc_{\alpha}^{\alpha}\|u\|_{E}^{\alpha}+C_{M}\|u\|_{E}^{\underline{p}}, \end{align*} for all $u\in E_1$. Consequently, there is a large $r_1>0$ such that $I<0$ on $E_1\backslash B_{r_1}$. Consequently, there is a point $e\in E$ with $\|e\|_{E}>\rho$ such that $I(e)<0$. Now, we prove that $I$ satisfies the Palais-Smale condition. By Lemma \ref{lem2.3} we know that it is sufficient to prove $\{u_{n}\}$ is bounded in $E$. Indeed, if a sequence $\{u_{n}\}\subset E$ such that $I(u_{n})$ is bounded and $I'(u_{n})\to 0$, then there is positive constant $M_{0}$ such that for large $n$, one has \begin{align*} M_{0}+\|u_{n}\|_{E} &\geq I(u_{n})-\frac{1}{\mu}\langle I'(u_{n}), u_{n} \rangle \\ &\geq (\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{\mu})\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{2}+(\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{\mu})\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} Q(|x|)\phi _{u_{n}}u_{n}^{2}dx\\ &\quad +\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)\Big(\frac{f(u_{n})u_{n}}{\mu}-F(u_{n})\Big)dx\\ &\geq (\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{\mu})\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{2}. \end{align*} This implies $\{u_{n}\}$ is bounded. Obviously, $I(0)=0$. Hence $I$ possesses a critical value $\eta\geq \delta$ by \cite[Theorem 2.2]{R1}, thus problem \eqref{1.1} has a nontrivial solution. Moreover, obviously, $I$ is bounded on each bounded subset of $E$ and $f(u)$ is odd which implies $I$ is even. Hence the second conclusion follows from \cite[Theorem 9.12]{R1}. This completes the proof. \end{proof} Note that $\mu>4$ in condition (F2). Now, we consider the weak case $\mu=4$. At this one, we have the following Theorem. \begin{lemma} \label{lem3.2} Assume that conditions {\rm (V1), (Q0), (Q1), (F1)} and the following conditions hold: \begin{itemize} \item[(F3)] $\frac{F(u)}{|u|^{4}}\to +\infty$ as $|u|\to +\infty$. \item[(F4)] $u f(u)\geq 4F(u)$ for all $u \in\mathbb{R}$. \end{itemize} If $\underline{p}<4<\overline{p}$, then system \eqref{1.1} has at least one nontrivial solution. Furthermore, if $f(u)$ is odd in $u$, then system \eqref{1.1} has a sequence $\{(u_{n},\phi_{n})\}$ of solutions in $E\times D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ with $\|u_{n}\|\to \infty$ and $I(u_{n})\to +\infty$. \end{lemma} \begin{proof} From the proofs of the first segment in Theorem \ref{thm3.1}, we know that there exist constants $\rho>0$ and $\delta>0$ such that \[ I|_{\partial B_{\rho}}\geq \delta>0. \] Moreover, for any finite dimensional space $E_1\subset E$, by the equivalence of norms in the finite space, there exists a constant $C>0$, such that \begin{equation}\label{3.4} \|u\|_4\geq C\|u\|_{E},\quad \forall u\in E_1. \end{equation} Since $\underline{p}<4$, by (F1) and (F3) we know that for any $M>\frac{c_4}{4{C}^{4}}$, there is a constant $C_{M}>0$ such that \begin{equation}\label{3.5} F(u)\geq M|u|^{4}-c(M)|u|^{\underline{p}},\quad \forall u\in \mathbb{R}. \end{equation} Hence \[ I(u)\leq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} Q(|x|)\phi _{u_{n}}u_{n}^{2} dx -M\|u\|_4^{4}+C_{M}\|u\|_{\underline{p}}^{\underline{p}}. \] By \eqref{3.4} and \eqref{3.5}, we know \[ I(u)\leq \frac{1}{2}\|u\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{c_4}{4}\|u\|_{E}^{4} -MC^{4}\|u\|_{E}^{4}+C_{M}\|u\|_{E}^{\underline{p}}\,, \] for all $u\in E_1$. Consequently, there is a large $r_1>0$ such that $I<0$ on $E_1\backslash B_{r_1}$. Consequently, there is a point $e\in E$ with $\|e\|_{E}>\rho$, such that $I(e)<0$.\par Next we prove that $I$ satisfies the Palais-Smale condition. Indeed, if a sequence $\{u_{n}\}\subset E$ is such that $\{I(u_{n})\}$ is bounded and $I'(u_{n})\to 0$, then there is a positive constant $M_1$ such that for large $n$, one has \begin{align*} M_1+\|u_{n}\|_{E} &\geq I(u_{n})-\frac{1}{4}\langle I'(u_{n}), u_{n} \rangle \\ &= \frac{1}{4}\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{2}+ \int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)\big(\frac{1}{4}f(u_{n})u_{n}-F(u_{n})\big)dx\\ &\geq \frac{1}{4}\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{2}. \end{align*} This implies $\{u_{n}\}$ is bounded. Hence $\{u_{n}\}\subset E$ has a convergent subsequence by Lemma \ref{lem2.3}. This shows that $I$ satisfies the Palais-Smale condition. Finally, the conclusions follows from \cite[Theorem 2.2 and 9.12]{R1}. \end{proof} \begin{corollary} \label{coro3.3} Assume that conditions {\rm (V1), (Q0), (Q1), (F1), (F3)} and the following conditions hold: \begin{itemize} \item[(F4')] $u\to f(u)/|u|^3$ is increasing on $(-\infty,0)$ and on $(0,+\infty)$. \end{itemize} If $\underline{p}<4<\overline{p}$, then system \eqref{1.1} has at least one nontrivial solution. Furthermore, if $f(u)$ is odd in $u$, then system \eqref{1.1} has a sequence $\{(u_{n},\phi_{n})\}$ of solutions in $E\times D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ with $\|u_{n}\|\to \infty$ and $I(u_{n})\to +\infty$. \end{corollary} \begin{proof} It is sufficient to prove that (F4') implies (F4). In fact, whenever $u>0$, \[ F(u)=\int_{0}^{1}f(ut)u\,dt=\int_{0}^{1}\frac{f(ut)}{(ut)^3}u^{4}t^3dt \leq\int_{0}^{1}\frac{f(u)}{(u)^3}u^{4}t^3dt =\frac{1}{4}f(u)u. \] Whenever $u<0$, \[ F(u)=\int_{0}^{1}f(ut)u\,dt=-\int_{0}^{1}\frac{f(ut)}{(-ut)^3}u^{4}t^3dt\leq\int_{0}^{1}\frac{f(u)}{(u)^3}u^{4}t^3dt =\frac{1}{4}f(u)u. \] This shows (F4) holds. \end{proof} \begin{theorem} \label{thm3.3} Assume that condition {\rm (V1), (Q1), (F1), (F3)} and the following condition hold: \begin{itemize} \item[(F5)] $F(u)\geq 0$ for all $u\in \mathbb{R}$ and $G(s)\leq G(t)$ whenever $(s, t)\in \mathbb{R}^{+}\times \mathbb{R}^{+}$ and $s\leq t$, where $G(u)=f(u)u-4F(u)$. \end{itemize} If $\underline{p}<4<\overline{p}$, then system \eqref{1.1} has at least one nontrivial solution. Furthermore, if $f(u)$ is odd in $u$, then system \eqref{1.1} has a sequence $\{(u_{n},\phi_{n})\}$ of solutions in $E\times D_{r}^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ with $\|u_{n}\|\to \infty$ and $I(u_{n})\to +\infty$. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} Similar to the proof of Lemma \ref{lem3.2}, we know that there exist $\rho>0$, $\delta>0$ such that \[ I|_{\partial B_{\rho}}\geq \delta>0. \] Moreover, for any finite dimensional subspace $E_1\subset E$, there is a large $r_1>0$ such that $I<0$ on $E_1\backslash B_{r_1}$. Now, we prove that $I$ satisfies the Cerami condition. Indeed, if a sequence $\{u_{n}\}\subset E$ is such that $\{I(u_{n})\}$ is bounded and $(1+\|u_{n}\|)I'(u_{n})\to 0$, then we claim that $\{u_{n}\}$ is bounded. If this is false, then we can assume $\|u_{n}\|\to +\infty$. Set $v_{n}=\frac{u_{n}}{\|u_{n}\|_{E}}$, then $\|v_{n}\|_{E}=1$. By virtue of Lemma \ref{lem2.1}, passing to a subsequence, we may assume \begin{gather*} v_{n}\rightharpoonup v \quad \text{in } E,\\ u_{n}\to u \quad \text{in } L^{s}(\mathbb{R}^3; Q), s\in (\underline{p}, \overline{p}). \end{gather*} Since $\{I(u_{n})\}$ is bounded, there exists a constant $C_1>0$ such that \[ \int_{\mathbb{R}^3}\frac{Q(|x|) F(u_{n})}{\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{4}}dx \leq C_1<\infty. \] Set $\Omega=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^3: v(x)\neq 0\}$. Then $|u_{n}(x)|\to +\infty$ for a.e. $x\in \Omega$. If $\operatorname{meas}(\Omega)>0$, then, by (F4) \[ \frac{F(u_{n})}{\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{4}} =\frac{F(u_{n})}{|u_{n}|^{4}} |v_{n}(x)|^{4}\to \infty, \quad\text{as } n\to \infty. \] Since $Q(|x|)>0$, using Fatou's lemma, we obtain \[ \int_{\mathbb{R}^3}\frac{Q(|x|) F(u_{n})}{\|u_{n}\|_{E}^{4}}dx\to \infty. \] A contradiction, so $\operatorname{meas}(\Omega)=0$. Therefore, $v(x)=0$ a.e. $x\in \mathbb{R}^3$. Next, as in \cite{J}, we define \[ I(t_{n}u_{n}) = \max _{t\in[0,1]}I(tu_{n}). \] For any $M>0$, set $\tilde{v}_{n}=\sqrt{4M}\frac{u_{n}}{\|u_{n}\|_{E}}=\sqrt{4M}v_{n}$. Since $|F(u)|\leq c(\frac{1}{p_1}|u|^{p_1}+\frac{1}{p_{2}}|u|^{p_{2}})$ for $u\in \mathbb{R}$, \begin{align*} |\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|) F(\tilde{v}_{n})dx|\leq \frac{c}{p_1}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|) |\tilde{v}_{n}|^{p_1}dx+ \frac{c}{p_{2}}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|) |\tilde{v}_{n}|^{p_{2}}dx\to 0, \end{align*} as $n \to \infty$. Consequently, for large $n$, one has \begin{align*} I(t_{n}u_{n}) &\geq I(\tilde{v}_{n})\\ &\geq \frac{1}{2}\|\tilde{v}_{n}\|_{E}^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} Q(|x|)\phi _{\tilde{v}_{n}}\tilde{v}_{n}^{2} dx-\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)F(\tilde{v}_{n})dx\\ &\geq M. \end{align*} This means that $ \lim _{n\to \infty}I(t_{n}u_{n})=\infty$. In view of the choice of $t_{n}$ we know that $\langle I'(t_{n}u_{n}), t_{n}u_{n} \rangle=0$ or $\to 0$. Hence, by (F5) and the oddness of $f$, one has \begin{align*} &\infty\leftarrow 4I(t_{n}u_{n})-\langle I'(t_{n}u_{n}), t_{n}u_{n} \rangle\\ &= t_{n}^{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}\left(|\nabla u_{n}|^{2}+V(|x|)|u_{n}|^{2}\right)dx+ \int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)\left(f(t_{n}u_{n})t_{n}u_{n}-4F(t_{n}u_{n})\right)dx\\ &\leq \|u_{n}\|_{E}^{2}+\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}Q(|x|)\left(f(u_{n})u_{n}-4F(u_{n})\right)dx\\ &= 4I(u_{n})-\langle I'(u_{n}), u_{n} \rangle. \end{align*} This is a contradiction, so $\{u_{n}\}$ is bounded. Consequently, $\{u_{n}\}\subset E$ has a convergent subsequence by Lemma \ref{lem2.3}. This shows that $I$ satisfies the Cerami condition. Note that if we use Cerami condition in place of the Palais-Smale condition, then \cite[Theorems 2.2 and 9.12]{R1} are still true. Therefore, the conclusion follows from \cite[Theorems 2.2 and 9.12]{R1}. 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