A multiplicity result for quasilinear problems with convex and concave nonlinearities and nonlinear boundary conditions in unbounded domains
Date
2005-05-31
Authors
Kandilakis, Dimitrios A.
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Texas State University-San Marcos, Department of Mathematics
Abstract
We study the following quasilinear problem with nonlinear boundary conditions
-∆pu = λα(x)|u|p-2 u + k(x)|u|q-2 u - h(x)|u|s-2 u, in Ω,
|∇u|p-2 ∇u ∙ η + b(x)|u|p-2u = 0 on ∂Ω,
where Ω is an unbounded domain in ℝN with a noncompact and smooth boundary ∂Ω, η denotes the unit outward normal vector on ∂Ω, ∆pu = div(|∇u|p-2∇u) is the p-Laplacian, α, k, h and b are nonnegative essentially bounded functions, q < p < s and p* < s. The properties of the first eigenvalue λ1 and the associated eigenvectors of the related eigenvalue problem are examined. Then it is shown that if λ < λ1, the original problem admits an infinite number of solutions one of which is nonnegative, which if λ = λ1 it admits at least one nonnegative solution. Our approach is variational in character.
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Variational methods, Fibering method, Palais-Smale condition, Genus
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Kandilakis, D. A. (2005). A multiplicity result for quasilinear problems with convex and concave nonlinearities and nonlinear boundary conditions in unbounded domains. <i>Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, 2005</i>(57), pp. 1-12.
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