Nonlinear difference equations investigated via critical point methods (Q1009633)

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.