On existence of weak solutions for a p-Laplacian system at resonance (Q259742)

Let \(\alpha\), \(\beta\in [1,\infty)\) and \(p\in [2,+\infty)\) be such that \(\alpha+\beta=p\). Moreover, let \(\lambda_1\) be the first eigenvalue associated to the problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=\lambda | u|^{\alpha-1}| v|^{\beta-1}v \quad &\text{in }\Omega,\\ -\Delta v=\lambda| u|^{\alpha-1}| v|^{\beta-1}u \quad &\text{in }\Omega,\\ u=v=0\quad &\text{on }\partial \Omega,\end{cases} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded smooth open domain in \(\mathbb R^N(N\geq 3)\). The authors establish an existence result of nontrivial solutions for the following problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=\lambda_1 | u|^{\alpha-1}| v|^{\beta-1}v+f(x,u,v)-k_1(x) \quad &\text{in }\Omega,\\ -\Delta v=\lambda_1 | u|^{\alpha-1}| v|^{\beta-1}u+g(x,u,v)-k_2(x) \quad &\text{in }\Omega,\\ u=v=0\quad &\text{on }\partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] where \(k_1\), \(k_2\in L^{\frac{p}{p-1}}(\Omega)\), and \(f\), \(g:\Omega \times \mathbb R^2\rightarrow \mathbb R\) are Carathéodory functions satisfying certain growth conditions involving the functions \(k_1\), \(k_2\) and the normalized eigenpair \((\varphi_1,\varphi_2)\) associated to \(\lambda_1\). The key ingredient of the proof is a classical Saddle Point Theorem due to P. H. Rabinowitz.