Existence of solutions to a class of Kirchhoff-type equation with a general subcritical nonlinearity (Q493314)

The author considers the following Kirchhoff type problem: \[ -(a+b\int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2dx)\Delta u = \lambda f(x,u), \quad x\in\Omega \text{ and } u|_{\partial \Omega} =0, \tag{P} \] where \(a>0\), \(b>0\), \(\Omega\subset \mathbb R^3\) is a bounded open domain with smooth boundary \(\partial \Omega\), \(f(x,u)\in C(\bar{\Omega} \times \mathbb R)\). Under several growth conditions on \(f(x,u)\) in \(u\) near the origin and at infinity, the author proves that problem (P) has a non-trivial weak solution in \(H^1_0(\mathbb R^3)\) by using a mountain pass theorem.