Perturbation from Dirichlet problem involving oscillating nonlinearities (Q870096)

The authors deal with the following perturbed Dirichlet problem \[ -\Delta u= f(x, u)+\lambda g(x,u)\quad\text{in }\Omega, \] \[ u= 0\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega, \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded set in \(\mathbb{R}^d\) with smooth boundary, \(f,g: \Omega\times\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) are given functions. The key role is played by the assumptions on \(f(x,\cdot)\) that \(f\) is allowed to change sign, uniformly with respect to \(x\), in any neighborhood of zero (respectively \(+\infty\)), which in turn implies an oscillating behaviour for its potential \(F(x,t)\), \(F(x,t):= \int^t_0 f(x,s)\,ds\). Under some suitable assumptions on \(f\), \(g\) and \(\lambda\), the authors prove existence of at least \(k\) distinct weak solutions in \(W^{1,2}_0(\Omega)\), for every \(k\in\mathbb{N}\).