On the discrete boundary value problem for anisotropic equation (Q643605)

The article deals with the following boundary value problem \[ \left\{\begin{matrix} \Delta(|\Delta u(k - 1)|^{p(k-1)-2} \Delta u(k - 1)) = \lambda f(k,u(k)), \\ u(0) = u(T + 1) = 0,\end{matrix}\right. \] where \(\lambda > 0\) is a numerical parameter, \(f:\;[0,T + 1] \times {\mathbb R}^{T+2} \to {\mathbb R}\), \(p:\;[0,T + 1] \to {\mathbb R}_+\). The Euler functional corresponding to this problem is \[ J_\lambda(u) = \sum_{k=1}^{T+1} \frac1{p(k - 1)} |\Delta u(k - 1)|^{p(k-1)} - \lambda \sum_{k=1}^T F(k,u(k)), \quad F(k,u) = \int_0^u f(k,t) \, dt. \] The authors formulate natural conditions under which the Euler functional is coercive or anticoercive and, as a result, have got the corresponding solvability theorems. Further, they use a modification of the mountain pass lemma and get theorems about the existence of two and three solutions. In the end of the article a simple example is considered.