On the existence of infinitely many critical points of the functional \(\int_{\Omega}f(x,u,Du)dx\) (Q795318)

The authors prove that, if the functional \(F(u)=\int_{\Omega}f(x,u,Du)dx\) is even on \(H^ 1_ 0(\Omega)\) and satisfies some growth conditions, then there exist infinitely many critical points. This result generalizes a theorem of \textit{A. Ambrosetti}, \textit{P. H. Rabinowitz} [J. Funct. Anal. 14, 349-381 (1973; Zbl 0273.49063)] on the functional \(G(u)=\int_{\Omega}{1\over2}| Du|^ 2+g(u)dx\).