Existence of nonzero solutions for a class of damped vibration problems with impulsive effects. (Q464691)

The authors consider the impulsive boundary value problem \[ \begin{aligned} &u''(t) + g(t)u'(t) = \nabla F(t,u(t))\text{ a.e. } t \in (0,T),\\ &u(0) - u(T) = u'(0) - u'(T) = 0,\\ &\triangle (u'_i(t_j)) = I_{ij}(u_i(t_j)), \quad i =1,\ldots,N,\;j = 1,\ldots,p, \end{aligned} \] where \(u(t) = (u_1(t),\ldots,u_N(t))\), \(0 < t_1 < \ldots < t_p < T\), \(N,p \in \mathbb{N}\), \(g \in L^{\infty}([0,T])\), \(F : [0,T]\times\mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}\), the gradient of \(F\) is understood with respect to the second vector variable. The existence of at least two nonzero solutions of this problem is treated by using the critical point theory. More precisely, the main result is obtained by the critical point theorem due to \textit{H. Brezis} and \textit{L. Nirenberg} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 44, No. 8--9, 939--963 (1991; Zbl 0751.58006)].