## Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

### MULTIPLICITY RESULTS FOR DOUBLE EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE p-LAPLACIAN

#### Abstract

The existence of multiple nontrivial solutions for two types of double eigenvalue problems involving the p-Laplacian is derived. To prove the existence of at least two nontrivial solutions we use a Ricceri-type three critical point result for non-smooth functions of S. Marano and D. Motreanu [12]. The existence of at least three nontrivial solutions is shown by combining a result of B. Ricceri [17] and a Pucci-Serrin mountain pass type theorem of S. Marano and D. Motreanu [12].

#### Article information

Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 13, Number 3 (2009), 1095-1110.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 July 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500405462

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/twjm/1500405462

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2526761

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1188.34016

#### Citation

Lisei, Hannelor; Varga, Csaba; Moros¸anu, Gheorghe. MULTIPLICITY RESULTS FOR DOUBLE EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE p-LAPLACIAN. Taiwanese J. Math. 13 (2009), no. 3, 1095--1110. doi:10.11650/twjm/1500405462. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500405462

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