Some applications of a perturbative method to elliptic equations with non-homogeneous boundary conditions. (Q1868004)

The existence of infinitely many weak solutions \((u_n)\) of the problem \[ \begin{aligned} -\Delta &u = \lambda | u| ^{q-2}u + | u| ^{p-2}u + f(x) \quad \text{in } \Omega,\\ &u= g \quad \text{on } \Omega, \end{aligned} \] is established for \(2 \leq q<p<2((N+1)/N)\), \(g \in H^{1/2}(\partial \Omega)\), \(f \in L^2(\Omega)\), and \(\lambda \geq 0\). Moreover, it is shown that the sequence energy \((E(u_n))\) converges to infinity. A multiplicity result is also obtained for any subcritical \(2 \leq q < p\) when \(f\) and \(g\) are small enough. More precisely, it is shown that for any \(n \in \mathbb N\), there exists \(\varepsilon_n >0\) such that for all \(\varepsilon \in ]0,\varepsilon_n[\) the problem \[ \begin{aligned} -\Delta &u = \lambda | u| ^{q-2}u + | u| ^{p-2}u + f(x) \quad \text{in } \Omega,\\ &u= \varepsilon g \quad \text{on } \Omega, \end{aligned} \] has at least \(n\) distinct weak solutions. The proofs rely on perturbative methods and on a generalization of the Mountain Pass Theorem due to \textit{P. H. Rabinowitz} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 272, 753--769 (1982; Zbl 0589.35004)].