Robin problems with a general potential and a superlinear reaction (Q2357803)

The authors deal with the semilinear Robin problem \[ -\Delta u(z)+\xi(z)u(z)=f(z,u(z))\;\text{in}\;\Omega;\;\frac {\partial u}{\partial n}+\beta(z)u=0\;\text{on}\;\partial\Omega, \] where \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N\) is a bounded domain with a \(C^2\)-boundary \(\partial\Omega\). The potential function \(\xi\in L^2(\Omega)\) is in general sign-changing. The superlinear reaction term \(z\mapsto f(z,x)\) does not satisfy the Ambrosetti-Rabonowitz condition. The main results are existence and multiplicity theorems (producing also an infinity of smooth solutions). They are proved using variational tools, truncation and perturbation technique and Morse theory (critical groups).