Global bifurcation for fractional \(p\)-Laplacian and an application (Q344750)

Summary: We prove the existence of an unbounded branch of solutions to the non-linear non-local equation \[ (-\Delta)^s_p u=\lambda |u|^{p-2}u + f(x,u,\lambda)\quad \text{in}\;\Omega,\quad u=0 \quad \text{in}\;\mathbb R^n\setminus\Omega, \] bifurcating from the first eigenvalue. Here \((-\Delta)^s_p\) denotes the fractional \(p\)-Laplacian and \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n\) is a bounded regular domain. The proof of the bifurcation results relies in computing the Leray-Schauder degree by making an homotopy respect to \(s\) (the order of the fractional \(p\)-Laplacian) and then to use results of local case (that is \(s=1\)) found in the paper of \textit{M. A. del Pino} and \textit{R. F. Manásevich} [J. Differ. Equations 92, No. 2, 226--251 (1991; Zbl 0781.35017)]. Finally, we give some application to an existence result.