Multiplicity of positive solutions for a degenerate nonlocal problem with \(p\)-Laplacian (Q2232062)

This paper deals with a class of degenerate nonlocal boundary value problems driven by the \(p\)-Laplacian given as \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -a\left(\displaystyle \int_{\Omega}u^q\,dx\right)\Delta_pu=f(u)& \text{in }\Omega,\\ u>0& \text{in }\Omega,\\ u=0& \text{on }\partial\Omega, \end{cases} \end{align*} where \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N\) (\(N\geq 1\)) is a bounded domain, \(q\geq 1\), \(1<p<+\infty\) and \(a \in C([0,\infty))\), \(f\in C([0,t_*])\) (\(t_*\) large enough) are functions satisfying appropriate conditions. The authors prove the multiplicity of positive solutions for the problem above, where the number of solutions doubles the number of ``positive bumps'' of the degenerate term. The solutions are also ordered according to their \(L^q\)-norms.