No label defined (Q4359608)

The paper deals with the existence of critical points for integral functionals defined in the Sobolev space \(W_0^{1,p}\) by \[ J(u)= \int_\Omega j(x,u,Du) dx-\int_\Omega G(x,u)dx \] where \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N\) is a bounded domain and \(j\) satisfies some ``ellipticity'' conditions. It is known that, in general, \(J\) is not Fréchet differentiable on \(W_0^{1,p}\) but only Gâteux-derivable along directions from \(W_0^{1,p} \cap L_\infty\). Under several restrictions on \(G\), the author proves the existence of infinitely many (pairs of) critical points of \(J\). The basic tool is a variant of the `Critical point theory for continuous functionals' developed by M. Degiovanni [see \textit{J. Corvellec}, \textit{M. Degiovanni} and \textit{M. Marzocchi}, Topol. Methods Nonlinear Anal. 1, No. 1, 151-171 (1993; Zbl 0789.58021)].