Infinitely many solutions for impulsive nonlocal elastic beam equations (Q2121646)

The authors consider a boundary value problem for the fourth order ODE with impulses at fixed times \[ u^{(4)}(t) + K\left(\int_0^T (-A|u'(s)|^2 + B|u(s)|^2)\, \mathrm{d}s \right)(Au''(t) + Bu(t)) = \lambda f(t,u(t)) \] for \(t \in [0,T], t \ne t_j,\) \[ \Delta u''(t_j) = I_{1j}(u(t_j)), \ -\!\Delta u'''(t_j) = I_{2j}(u(t_j)), \quad j = 1,2,\ldots,m, \] \[ u(0) = u(T) = u''(0) = u''(T) = 0, \] with \(A,B,\lambda \in {\mathbb R}\), \(\lambda > 0\), \(f\), \(I_{ij}\) are continuous functions, \(K\) is a continuous function bounded from above and below by positive constants, \(0 < t_1 < t_2 < \cdots < t_m < T\). Sufficient conditions ensuring the existence of infinitely many solutions are obtained using critical point theory. An illustrating example is also given.