\(p\)-Laplace equations with singular weights (Q2439326)

The paper deals with the Dirichlet problem for a class of \(p\)-Laplacian equations \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta_p u=f(x,u) & \text{in}\;\Omega,\\ u=0 & \text{on}\;\partial\Omega. \end{cases} \] Here \(\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^N,\) \(N\geq2,\) is a bounded domain with Lipschitz continuous boundary and \(f: \Omega\times {\mathbb R}\to \mathbb R\) is a Carathéodory function satisfying subcritical growth conditions \[ |f(x,t)|\leq \sum_{i=1}^n K_i(x)|t|^{q_i-1} \] with \(q_i\in\left[1,p^*\right),\) \(p^*\) is the Sobolev conjugate of \(p\in(1,\infty),\) and \(K_i(x)\) are measurable functions that are possibly singular on \(\partial\Omega.\) The authors prove existence of nontrivial solutions by employing the Morse theory. In the absence of a direct sum decomposition, a cohomological local splitting is used to get an estimate for the critical groups.