Multiple positive solutions for nonlinear periodic problems (Q607078)

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Multiple positive solutions for nonlinear periodic problems
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    Multiple positive solutions for nonlinear periodic problems (English)
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    19 November 2010
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    The authors discuss the existence and the multiplicity of positive solutions to the following \(p\)-Laplacian periodic problem: \[ \begin{cases} -(| x'(t)|^{p-2}x'(t))'=f(t,x(t)), \quad 0<t<b,\\ x(0=x(b),\quad x'(0)=x'(b), \end{cases} \] where the nonlinearity \(f\) is a \((p-1)\)-Carathéodory function with super-linear growth at the space-origin. Using variational methods involving the Cerami condition, the authors prove the existence of at least two positive solutions. In the particular case of the semi-linear problem (\(p=2\)), the existence of three distinct positive solutions is obtained using Morse theory.
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    periodic scalar \(p\)-Laplacian
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    mountain pass theorem
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    Morse theory
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