A result of multiplicity of solutions for a class of quasilinear equations (Q2891985)

In this paper, the authors consider the following quasilinear problem: NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \begin{cases} \Delta_p u+\Delta_p(u^2)u+|u|^{p-2}u=h(u), & \text{in }\, \Omega_\lambda\\ u=0, & \text{on }\, \partial\Omega_\lambda \end{cases}\tag{1} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(\Omega_\lambda=\lambda\Omega,\, \Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb R^N, \) \(\lambda\) is a positive parameter, \(2\leq p<N\) and \(\Delta_p u=\text{div} (|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)\) is the \(p\)-Laplacian operator and \(h:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R\) is a \(C^1\) function satisfying some growth conditions at zero and at \(\infty\) and others. Then, by using the minimax methods together with the Lyusternik-Schnirelmann category theory, the authors prove the existence of positive solutions for (1). The obtained results improve the main results of the first author in [Adv. Nonlinear Stud. 5, No. 1, 73--86 (2005; Zbl 1210.35099)].