On the prescribed variable exponent mean curvature impulsive system boundary value problems (Q481563)

The authors consider several boundary value problems for the prescribed variable exponent mean curvature system \[ -\!(\varphi(t,u'))' + f(t,u,u') = 0, \quad t \in (0,T), \;t \neq t_j \] with impulses at fixed times \(0 < t_1 < \dots < t_k < T\) \[ \begin{aligned} \triangle u|_{t=t_i} &= A_i(u(t_i-),u'(t_i-)), \\ \triangle \varphi(\cdot,u'(\cdot))|_{t=t_i} &= B_i(u(t_i-),u'(t_i-)), \;i=1,\dots,k, \end{aligned} \] where \[ \varphi(t,x) = \frac{|x|^{p(t) - 1}x}{\left(1 + |x|^{q(t)p(t)}\right)^\frac{1}{q(t)}}, \quad t \in [0,T],\;x \in \mathbb R^N \] with absolutely continuous \(p,q:[0,T]\to \mathbb R\), and \(u(t_i\pm) = \lim_{t\to t_i\pm}u(t)\), \(\triangle u|_{t=t_i} = u(t_i+) - u(t_i-)\) for each \(u: [0,T] \to \mathbb R^N\) having both one-sided limits at \(t_i \in (0,T)\). This impulsive system is considered with each of the following boundary conditions \[ \begin{aligned} & u(0) = u(T), \quad \varphi(0,u'(0)) = \varphi(T,u'(T)),\\ & u(0) = u(T) = 0,\\ &u'(0) = u'(T) = 0. \end{aligned} \] There are found some sufficient conditions ensuring the existence of at least one solution to each of the considered boundary value problem. As a main tool for the investigation the Leray-Schauder degree is used.