Existence of solutions for weighted \(p(r)\)-Laplacian system boundary value problems (Q860556)

This paper is concerned with the existence of solutions of boundary value problems for a system of ordinary equations of weighted \(p(r)\)-Laplacian type. More precisely, the following system is studied \[ -(w(r)| u'| ^{p(r)-2}u')' + f(r,u,\left(w(r)\right)^{\frac 1{p(r)-1}}u')=0, \qquad T_1<r<T_2 \] under the following boundary conditions: \[ u(T_1)=u(T_2), \quad \lim_{r\to T_1^+} w(r)| u'| ^{p(r)-2}u'(r)= \lim_{r\to T_2^-} w(r)| u'| ^{p(r)-2}u'(r).\tag{1} \] \[ \lim_{r\to T_1^+} w(r)| u'| ^{p(r)-2}u'(r)= \lim_{r\to T_2^-} w(r)| u'| ^{p(r)-2}u'(r)=0.\tag{2} \] \[ u(T_1)=u(T_2)=0.\tag{3} \] \[ \lim_{r\to T_1^+} w(r)| u'| ^{p(r)-2}u'(r)= u(T_2)=0.\tag{4} \] Using Leray-Schauder degree, different existence results are obtained, generalizing some known results for the standard \(p\)-Laplacian.