A critical points approach for the existence of multiple solutions of a Dirichlet quasilinear system (Q663676)

The authors establish the existence of at least three classical solutions for the Dirichlet quasilinear elliptic system \[ -(p_i-1)|u_i'(x)|^{p_i-2}u_i''(x)=[\lambda F_{u_i}(x,u_1,\cdots,u_n)+\mu G_{u_i}(x,u_1,\cdots,u_n)]h_i(x,u_i') \text{ for } x\in (a,b), \] \[ u_i(a)=u_i(b) =0 \text{ for } i=1,\cdots,n. \] An example is also given for the applicability of the main result. The proof is based on a recent three critical points theorem of \textit{B. Ricceri} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser. A, Theory Methods 70, No. 9, A, 3084--3089 (2009; Zbl 1214.47079)].