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The Emden-Fowler transformation is a change of variables for scaling-invariant radial equations, including the Lane-Emden equation. The Emden-Fowler transformation replaces a radial variable $r$ by logarithmic time $s=\log r$ and rescales the dependent variable by a power of $r$. It converts many scale-invariant radial equations into autonomous ordinary differential equations.

PutThen $u=r^{-a}v$ and direct differentiation givesSince $ap=a+2$ and $d-2-2a=2(s_c-1)$, the Emden-Fowler transformation turns the equation intowhere

When $s_c=1$, one has $p=(d+2)/(d-2)$. The normalized Aubin-Talenti bubblesolves the radial equation, has $u(0)=1$, and tends to zero. It also follows from the stated one-dimensional soliton after the Emden-Fowler transformation, because the damping term vanishes.

As $r\to \infty$,so $\alpha =d-2$. Moreover $u^{\prime }(r)=O(r^{-(d-1)})$ at infinity and $u^{\prime }(r)=O(r)$ near zero. Thereforeand $\nabla u\in L^2({\mathbb{R}}^d)$.