Multiplicity of solutions for a noncooperative elliptic system with critical Sobolev exponent (Q834551): Difference between revisions

The authors consider an example of a strongly indefinite functional (i.e., a functional unbounded from below and above on every subspace of finite codimension) with critical growth nonlinearity of the Euler-Lagrange equation. The indefiniteness prevents application of usual existence tools like the montain pass theorem. Nevertheless, using a tool called ``limit index theory'' from the second author's paper [\textit{Y. Li}, Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 25, No. 12, 1371--1389 (1995; Zbl 0847.58014)], the existence of multiple critical points is proven.