aDepartment of Mathematics, National Technical University, Zografou Campus, Athens 15780, Greece;bDepartment of Mathematics, Aveiro University, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract:
We consider a nonlinear elliptic problem driven by the partial p-Laplacian and with a nonsmooth potential (hemivariational inequality). Using variational techniques based on nonsmooth analysis and degree theoretic arguments for operators of the monotone type, we establish the existence of at least three distinct nontrivial smooth solutions.