A perturbative approach to non-degeneracy of the Lane-Emden system

Abstract: We consider ground state solutions of the critical Lane-Emden system [\begin{cases} -\Delta u = v^p &\text{in } \mathbb{R}^n,\ -\Delta v = u^q &\text{in } \mathbb{R}^n,\ u,v >0\ &\text{in } \mathbb{R}^n, \end{cases}] where $n \ge 3$ and $p,q>0$ and $(p,q)$ belongs to the critical hyperbola $\frac{1}{p+1} + \frac{1}{q+1} = \frac{n-2}{n}.$ We prove that they are non-degenerate when either $(p,q)$ is close to $(1,{n+4\over n-4})$ (if $n\ge5$) or $(p,q)$ is close to $({n+2\over n-2},{n+2\over n-2})$ (if $n\ge3$).