Existence theorems for boundary value problems for strongly nonlinear elliptic systems (Q1806181)

Summary: Let \(L\) be a linear elliptic, a pseudomonotone or a generalized monotone operator (in the sense of F. E. Browder and I. V. Skrypnik), and let \(F\) be the nonlinear Nemytskij superposition operator generated by a vector-valued function \(f\). We give two general existence theorems for solutions of boundary value problems for the equation \(Lx=Fx\). These theorems are based on a new functional-theoretic approach to the pair \((L,F)\), on one hand, and on recent results on the operator \(F\), on the other hand. We treat the above mentioned problems in the case of strong nonlinearity \(F\), i.e. in the case of lack of compactness of the operator \(L-F\). In particular, we do not impose the usual growth conditions on the nonlinear function \(f\); this allows us to treat elliptic systems with rapidly growing coefficients or exponential nonlinearities. Concerning solutions, we consider existence in the classical weak sense, in the so-called \(L_\infty\)-weakened sense in both Sobolev and Sobolev-Orlicz spaces, and in a generalized weak sense in Sobolev-type spaces which are modelled by means of Banach \(L_\infty\)-modules. Finally, we illustrate the abstract results by some applied problems occuring in nonlinear mechanics.