Nonlinear difference equations investigated via critical point methods (Q1009633): Difference between revisions

The authors obtain some critical point theorems in the setting of finite dimensional Banach spaces. Based on those theorems they establish multiple solutions for the following problem: \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta (\phi_p(\Delta u(k-1))=\lambda f(k,u(k)),\quad k\in [1,T],\\ u(0)=u(T+1)=0,\end{cases} \] where \(T\) is a fixed positive integer, \([1,T]\) is the discrete interval \(\{1,\dots T\}\), \(\lambda\) is a positive real parameter, \(\Delta u(k):=u(k+1)-u(k)\) is the forward difference operator, \(\phi_p(s)=|s|^{p-2}s,\;1<p<\infty\) and \(f:[1,T]\times\mathbb R\to\mathbb R\) is a continuous function.