Multiple solutions for nearly resonant nonlinear Dirichlet problems (Q715737)

The authors consider parametric nonlinear elliptic problems driven by the \(p\)-Laplacian differential operator and with the parameter \(\lambda\) near \(\lambda_1\), the principal eigenvalue of the negative Dirichlet \(p\)-Laplacian (near resonance): \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta_p u(z)=\lambda |u(z)|^{p-2}u(z)+f(z,u(z)) \quad \text{ in } \Omega,\cr u|_{\partial\Omega}=0,\quad 1<p<+\infty, \quad \lambda>0,\quad u\in W^{1,p}_0(\Omega). \end{cases} \] There are considered both cases when \(\lambda<\lambda_1\) (near resonance from the left) and when \(\lambda>\lambda_1\) (near resonance from the right). The approach combines variational methods based on the critical point theory, together with truncation techniques and Morse theory.