Critical point methods

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2008.02.061MaRDI QIDQ943726zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Schechter

Publication date 10 September 2008

Published in Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.na.2008.02.061

zbMATH Keywords

Cerami sequencecritical point theorymin-max theoremPalais-Smale sequencesandwich pair

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations (35J65) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

Review text

The author presents a survey of abstract approaches to the problem of existence of critical points of a \(C^1\)-functional \(G\) defined on a Banach space \(E\). More precisely, he explains how one obtains a Cerami sequence for \(G\) in various settings. A Cerami sequence for \(G\) is a sequence \((u_n)\subseteq E\) such that, for some \(c\in\mathbb{R}\), \(G(u_n)\to c\) and \((1+\| u_n\| )\| G'(u_n)\| \to 0\). In relevant examples, this leads to the existence of a critical point of \(G\) with functional value \(c\). The use of Cerami sequences instead of Palais-Smale sequences poses no restrictions, but gives better results in the applications. At first, the author gives a brief review of his recent results on sandwich Pairs. Then he develops min-max theorems from an abstract point of view, and explains some applications to semilinear elliptic boundary value problems.

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