A multiplicity result for \(p\)-Lapacian boundary value problems via critical points theorem (Q2378760)

Considered the quasilinear differential equation with Sturm-Liouville boundary condition: \[ \begin{cases} (\varphi_p(u'))'+\lambda f(t,u)=0, &\;\\ \alpha_1u(a)-\alpha_2u'(a)=0,\beta_1u(b)+\beta_2u'(b)=0, \end{cases}\tag{*} \] where \(\varphi(s)=|s|^{p-2}s,\lambda\) is a positive parameter, \(p>1,a,b\in\mathbb R, a<b\). By using a recent three critical point theorem of Ricceri, the following main result is obtained. Theorem 1. Suppose the following conditions hold: \((A_1)\;\;\alpha_i\geq 0, \beta_i\geq 0,i=1,2\) and \(\alpha_1+\alpha_2>0,\beta_1+\beta_2>0,\Delta:=\alpha_1\beta_1(b-a)+ \alpha_1\beta_2+\alpha_2\beta_1>0\) and \(f\in C([a,b]\times \mathbb R,\mathbb R)\); \((A_2)\)\ \ For some \(s\in (0,p)\) and \(\mu>0\) such that \[ g(t,\xi)\leq \mu(1+|\xi|^s), \forall(t,\xi)\in[a,b]\times \mathbb R, \] where \(g(t,\xi)=\int_0^\xi f(t,u)du\). \((A_3)\)\ \ Let \(M=(\alpha_1/(\alpha_1(b-a)+k\alpha_2))^p+(\beta_1/(\beta_1(b-a)+k\beta_2))^p\), where \(k>2\) is a constant. There exist two positive constants \(d,c\) with \(c<d(M(b-a))^{1/p}\) such that \[ g(t,\xi)\geq 0, \quad \forall(t,\xi)\in [a,a+(b-a)/k]\cup [b-(b-a)/k,b]\times[0,d];\tag{i} \] \[ (b-a)\max_{(t,\xi)\in[a,b]\times [-c,c]}g(t,\xi)<\frac{1}{2}(\frac{c}{d})^p\int_{a+(b-a)/k}^{b-(b-a)/k}g(t,d)dt.\tag{ii} \] Then there exist an open interval \(\Lambda\subseteq(0,+\infty)\) and \(q>0\) such that, for each \(\lambda\in\Lambda\), problem (*) has at three sultions belong to \(C^2[a,b]\) whose norms in \(W^{1,p}_1([a,b])\) are less than \(q\), where \(W^{1,p}_1([a,b])=\{u\in W^{1,p}([a,b]):\alpha_1u(a)-\alpha_2u'(a)=0, \beta_1u(b)+\beta_2u'(b)=0\}\) is a Banach space. In some sense, Theorem 1 generalizes the recent results.