Multiple nontrivial solutions for a class of higher dimensional discrete boundary value problems (Q2518686)

The present paper is concerned with the existence of nontrivial solutions to the second order discrete boundary value problems of the form \[ \begin{aligned} &-\Delta^2 X_{k-1} =f_k(X_k),\\ & X_0=\alpha X_1,\; X_{T+1} =\beta X_T, \end{aligned} \] where \(\alpha <1, \beta\leq 1\), \(X_k=(X_{k1},\cdots,X_{km})^T \in R^m,\, f_k=(f_{k1},\cdots,f_{km})^T \in C(R^m,R^m)\), \(\Delta \) is the forward difference operator defined \(\Delta X_k =X_{k+1}-X_k\), \(\Delta^2 X_k =\Delta(\Delta X_k)\). The approach is to use critical point theory. An example is provided.