Variational bifurcation for quasilinear elliptic equations (Q1434273)

The purpose of the paper is to extend Rabinowitz's theorem to a quasi-linear eigenvalue problem of the form \[ \begin{aligned} &(\lambda,u)\in \mathbb R\times H_0^1(\Omega),\\ &\int_\Omega \sum a_{ij}(x,u) D_iuD_jw\,dx+ \tfrac12 \int_\Omega D_sa_{ij}(x,u)D_iu D_jw\,dx- \int_\Omega g(x,u)w\,dx= \lambda\int_\Omega uw\,dw,\\ &\forall w\in H_0^1(\Omega)\cap L^\infty(\Omega). \end{aligned} \tag{1} \] Note that (1) can be viewed either as a problem with lack of regularity in \(H_0^1(\Omega)\) or with lack of compactness in \(H_0^1(\Omega)\cap L^\infty(\Omega)\), so that a finite-dimensional reduction can not be performed by standard techniques. Using some kind of a parametric saddle theorem, which takes advantage also of the nonsmooth critical point theory, the author nevertheless provides a finite-dimensional reduction.