Multiplicity results for a class of elliptic problems with nonlinear boundary condition
Author(s) -
Patrick Winkert
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
communications on pure andamp applied analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.077
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1553-5258
pISSN - 1534-0392
DOI - 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.785
Subject(s) - sobolev space , multiplicity (mathematics) , mathematics , boundary value problem , neumann boundary condition , nonlinear system , mathematical analysis , p laplacian , robin boundary condition , pure mathematics , norm (philosophy) , laplace operator , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
This paper provides multiplicity results for a class of nonlinear elliptic problems under a nonhomogeneous Neumann boundary condition. We prove the existence of three nontrivial solutions to these problems which depend on the Fucik spectrum of the negative $p$-Laplacian with a Robin boundary condition. Using variational and topological arguments combined with an equivalent norm on the Sobolev space $W^{1,p}$ it is obtained a smallest positive solution, a greatest negative solution, and a sign-changing solution.
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