Lyapunov-type inequality for a class of Dirichlet quasilinear systems involving the \((p_{1},p_{2},\dots ,p_n)\)-Laplacian (Q982567)

The authors establish a Lyapunov-type inequality for the following system of equations: \[ \begin{aligned} -(|u_1'|^{p_1-2} u_1')' &= f_1(x)|u_1|^{\alpha_1-2} u_1|u_2|^{\alpha_2}\cdots|u_n|^{\alpha_n},\\ -(|u_2'|^{p_2-2} u_2')' &= f_2(x)|u_1|^{\alpha_1}|u_2|^{\alpha_2-2} u_2|u_3|^{\alpha_3}\cdots|u_n|^{\alpha_n},\\ &\ldots\\ -(|u_n'|^{p_n-2} u_n')' &= f_n(x)|u_1|^{\alpha_1}|u_2|^{\alpha_2}\cdots|u_{n-1}|^{\alpha_{n-1}}|u_n|^{\alpha_{n-2}} u_n.\end{aligned}\tag{\(*\)} \] Their main result is stated below. Theorem. If the system \((*)\) has a real non-trivial solution \((u_1(x),u_2(x),\dots, u_n(x))\) such that \(u_i(a)= 0= u_i(b)\), \(u_i(x)\neq 0\) for \(x\in (a,b)\), \(i= 1,2,\dots, n\), where \(a,b\in\mathbb{R}\) with \(a< b\), then the following inequality holds: \[ \prod^n_{i=1} ((c_i- a)^{1-p_i}+ (b- c_i)^{1-p_i})^{\alpha_i/p_i}\leq \prod^n_{i=1} \Biggl(\int^b_a f^+_i(x)\,dx\Biggr)^{\alpha_i/p_i}, \] where \(|u_i(c_i)|= \max_{a<x<b}|u_i(x)|\) and \(f^+_i(x)= \max(0,f_i(x))\), for \(i= 1,2,\dots, n\).