Existence and multiplicity for solutions of Neumann problem for semilinear elliptic equations. (Q1419740)

The authors consider the Neumann boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u= f(x,u)+ h(x)\quad &\text{for a.e. }x\in\Omega,\\ {\partial u\over\partial u}= 0\quad &\text{on }\partial\Omega,\end{cases}\tag{1} \] where \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^N\) \((N\geq 1)\) is a bounded domain with a smooth boundary and outward normal \(n(x)\), \({\partial u\over\partial n}= u(x)\cdot\nabla u\), \(f:\overline\Omega\times \mathbb R\to\mathbb R\) is a Carathéodory function, and \(h\in L^2(\Omega)\). Under suitable assumptions on \(f\) the authors obtain an existence result by the least action principle for (1) in the critical growth case and a multiplicity result by using minimax methods in critical point theory.