THE NUMBER OF THE CRITICAL POINTS OF THE STRONGLY INDEFINITE FUNCTIONAL WITH ONE PAIR OF THE TORUS-SPHERE VARIATIONAL LINKING SUBLEVELS

  • Jung, Tacksun (Department of Mathematics Kunsan National University) ;
  • Choi, Q-Heung (Department of Mathematics Education Inha University)
  • Received : 2008.11.07
  • Published : 2008.12.01

Abstract

Let $I{\in}C^{1,1}$ be a strongly indefinite functional defined on a Hilbert space H. We investigate the number of the critical points of I when I satisfies one pair of Torus-Sphere variational linking inequality. We show that I has at least two critical points when I satisfies one pair of Torus-Sphere variational linking inequality with $(P.S.)^*_c$ condition. We prove this result by use of the limit relative category and critical point theory on the manifold with boundary.

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