Multiple solutions for a Navier boundary value problem involving the \(p\)--biharmonic operator (Q449514)

This paper is concerned with multiplicity of weak solutions for the equation \(\Delta(|\Delta|^{p-2}\Delta u)=\lambda f(x,u)\) in a smooth and bounded open set \(\Omega\), subject to Navier boundary conditions. It is assumed \(p>\max\{1,N/2\}\), \(\lambda>0\) and \(f\) continuous. Using a variational approach in the spirit of Bonanno-Marano, the authors obtain the existence of three nontrivial solutions in the space \(W^{2,p}(\Omega)\cap W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)\).