A multiplicity theorem for anisotropic Robin equations

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Abstract: In this paper we consider an anisotropic Robin problem driven by the p(x)-Laplacian and a superlinear reaction. Applying variational tools along with truncation and comparison techniques as well as critical groups, we prove that the problem has at least five nontrivial smooth solutions to be ordered and with sign information: two positive, two negative and the fifth nodal.


Let \(\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^N\) be a bounded domain with a \(C^2\)-boundary \(\partial \Omega\). The authors consider a Robin problem of the form \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta_{p(x)}u+ \xi(x)|u|^{p(x)-2}u=f(x,u) \mbox{ in } \Omega,\\ |D u|^{p(x)-2}D u \cdot \nu+\beta(x)|u|^{p(x)-2}u=0 \mbox{ on } \partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] where \(\Delta_{p(x)} u= \operatorname{div}(|D u|^{p(x)-2}D u)\) for all \(u \in W^{1,p(x)}(\Omega)\) is the \(p(x)\)-Laplace operator, \(\xi(x)|u|^{p(x)-2}u\) with \(\xi \in L^\infty(\Omega)\) and \(\xi \geq 0\) is a potential term, \(\nu(x)\) is the outer unit normal at \(x \in \partial \Omega\), \(\beta\in C^{0,\alpha}(\partial \Omega)\) with \(0<\alpha <1\). In the right-hand side, we find a Caratheodory function \(f\) satisfying appropriate conditions. Using variational tools from the critical point theory together with suitable truncation and comparison techniques, the authors establish the existence of at least five nontrivial smooth solutions, all with sign information and ordered.



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