Existence results for gradient elliptic systems with nonlinear boundary conditions (Q2471311)

The authors prove existence of nontrivial solutions to the system of \(p/q\)-Laplacian equations \[ \Delta_p u =| u| ^{p-2}u,\qquad \Delta_q v =| v| ^{q-2}v \] over a bounded and smooth domain in \(\mathbb R^N,\) with nonlinear coupling on the boundary given by \[ | \nabla u| ^{p-2}{{\partial u}\over{\partial\nu}}=F_u(x,u,v),\qquad | \nabla v| ^{q-2}{{\partial v}\over{\partial\nu}}=F_v(x,u,v). \] Here \(\nu\) is the unit outward normal to the boundary and \((F_u,F_v)\) is the gradient of a positive potential \(F.\) The technique employed relies mainly on variational arguments and the results include subcritical, resonant and critical growth of the potential \(F.\)