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MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS FOR A p-LAPLACIAN SYSTEM WITH NONLINEAR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

  • Zhou, Jun (School of Mathematics and Statistics Southwest University) ;
  • Kim, Chan-Gyun (Department of Mathematics College of William and Mary)
  • Received : 2012.11.14
  • Published : 2014.01.31
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Abstract

A nonlinear elliptic problem involving p-Laplacian and nonlinear boundary condition is considered in this paper. By using the method of Nehari manifold, it is proved that the system possesses two nontrivial nonnegative solutions if the parameter is small enough.

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