A Nash type solution for hemivariational inequality systems

In this paper, we prove an existence result for a general class of hemivariational inequality systems using the Ky Fan version of the KKM theorem Fan (1984) [10] or Tarafdar fixed points Tarafdar (1987) [11]. As application, we give an infinite-dimensional version for the existence result of Nash generalized derivative points introduced recently by Kristály (2010) [5]. We also give an application to a general hemivariational inequality system.     

Existence and multiplicity results for quasilinear elliptic exterior problems with nonlinear boundary conditions

In this paper, we study a class of quasilinear elliptic exterior problems with nonlinear boundary conditions. Existence of ground states and multiplicity results are obtained via variational methods.     

Multiplicity results for problems involving the Hardy-Sobolev operator via Morse theory

We establish some multiplicity results for a class of boundary value problems involving the Hardy-Sobolev operator using Morse theory.     

Sign-changing and constant-sign solutions for p-Laplacian problems with jumping nonlinearities

By variational methods, we prove the existence of a sign-changing solution for the p-Laplacian equation under Dirichlet boundary condition with jumping nonlinearity having relation to the Fu?ík spectrum of p-Laplacian. We also provide the multiple existence results for the p-Laplacian problems.     

Multiplicity results for quasi-linear problems

Applying the minimax arguments and Morse theory, we establish some results on the existence of multiple nontrivial solutions for a class of p$p$-Laplacian elliptic equations.     

Existence results for semilinear elliptic variational inequalities with changing sign nonlinearities

In this paper we present some existence results for a class of semilinear elliptic variational inequalities, depending on a real parameter λ, with changing sign nonlinearities. The fundamental tool to prove the existence result is a penalization method combined with the Mountain Pass Theorem and the Linking Theorem, respectively in the case λ < λ ₁ and λ ≥ λ ₁, where λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the uniformly elliptic operator A involved in the variational inequality.     

On resonant Neumann problems: Multiplicity of solutions

We consider a semilinear Neumann problem with an asymptotically linear reaction term. We assume that resonance occurs at infinity. Using variational methods based on the critical point theory, together with the reduction technique and Morse theory, we show that the problem has at least four nontrivial smooth solutions.     

Existence results for semilinear elliptical hemivariational inequalities

We are interested in studying the existence of solutions to an elliptical hemivariational inequality, depending on a real parameter λ$\lambda$. The main tool in the proof of our results is a critical point theorem recently established. We obtain the existence of solution through a direct method, both with a changing sign nonlinearity of the kind p(x)f(ξ)$p\left(x\right)f\left(\xi \right)$ and in the classical one P(x,ξ)$P(x,\xi )$ too.     

Morse Index and Critical Groups for p-Laplace Equations with Critical Exponents

In this work we consider a class of Euler functionals defined in Banach spaces, associated to quasilinear elliptic problems involving the critical Sobolev exponent. We perform critical groups estimates via the Morse index. Dedicated to the memory of Professor Aldo Cossu The research of the authors was supported by the MIUR project “Variational and topological methods in the study of nonlinear phenomena” (PRIN 2005).     

Critical point theorems in cones and multiple positive solutions of elliptic problems

We obtain critical point variants of the compression fixed point theorem in cones of Krasnoselskii. Critical points are localized in a set defined by means of two norms. In applications to semilinear elliptic boundary value problems this makes possible the use of local Moser-Harnack inequalities for the estimations from below. Multiple solutions are found for problems with oscillating nonlinearity.     

Anti-selfdual Lagrangians II: unbounded non self-adjoint operators and evolution equations

New variational principles based on the concept of anti-selfdual (ASD) Lagrangians were recently introduced in “AIHP-Analyse non linéaire, 2006”. We continue here the program of using such Lagrangians to provide variational formulations and resolutions to various basic equations and evolutions which do not normally fit in the Euler-Lagrange framework. In particular, we consider stationary boundary value problems of the form as well ass dissipative initial value evolutions of the form where is a convex potential on an infinite dimensional space, A is a linear operator and is any scalar. The framework developed in the above mentioned paper reformulates these problems as and respectively, where is an “ASD” vector field derived from a suitable Lagrangian L. In this paper, we extend the domain of application of this approach by establishing existence and regularity results under much less restrictive boundedness conditions on the anti-selfdual Lagrangian L so as to cover equations involving unbounded operators. Our main applications deal with various nonlinear boundary value problems and parabolic initial value equations governed by transport operators with or without a diffusion term. Nassif Ghoussoub research was partially supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The author gratefully acknowledges the hospitality and support of the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques in Montréal where this work was initiated. Leo Tzou’s research was partially supported by a doctoral postgraduate scholarship from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.     

Existence of three solutions for a non-homogeneous Neumann problem through Orlicz-Sobolev spaces

The aim of this paper is to establish a multiplicity result for an eigenvalue non-homogeneous Neumann problem which involves a nonlinearity fulfilling a nonstandard growth condition. Precisely, a recent critical points result for differentiable functionals is exploited in order to prove the existence of a determined open interval of positive eigenvalues for which the problem admits at least three weak solutions in an appropriate Orlicz-Sobolev space.     

Semilinear elliptic resonant problems at higher eigenvalue with unbounded nonlinear terms

In this paper we study the existence of nontrivial solutions of a class of asymptotically linear elliptic resonant problems at higher eigenvalues with the nonlinear term which may be unbounded by making use of the Morse theory for aC ²-function at both isolated critical point and infinity.     

Multiplicity results for a class of quasilinear eigenvalue problems on unbounded domains

Using a recent result of Ricceri [10] we prove a multiplicity result for a class of quasilinear eigenvalue problems with nonlinear boundary conditions on an unbounded domain. Our paper completes previous results obtained by Carstea and Rădulescu [4], Chabrowski [1], [2], Kandilakis and Lyberopoulos [6] and Pflüger [7]. Received: 17 April 2007     

Nontrivial solutions of some quasilinear problems via a cohomological local splitting

This paper deals with a generalization of the p-Laplacian type boundary value problem