TY - JOUR T1 - Positive Solutions of {Delta u}+u^{(n+2)/(n-2)}=0 on Contractible Domains JO - Journal of Partial Differential Equations VL - 4 SP - 83 EP - 88 PY - 1989 DA - 1989/02 SN - 2 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jpde/5845.html KW - AB - We show that there are bounded contractible domains in R^n, n ≥ 3, on which the Dirichlet problem for the equation Δu +u^{(n+2)/(n-2)} = 0 admit positive solutions. This result, combining with the well-known nonexistence result of Pohozaev, implies that geometry of the domains plays a crucial role in the solvability of the problem.