The mountain pass theorem in terms of tangencies

arXiv2105.07138MaRDI QIDQ6367697FDOQ6367697

Si Tiep Dinh, Tien Son Pham

Publication date: 15 May 2021

Abstract: This paper addresses the Mountain Pass Theorem for locally Lipschitz functions on finite-dimensional vector spaces in terms of tangencies. Namely, let $fcolonmathbb{R}^{n}omathbbR$ be a locally Lipschitz function with a mountain pass geometry. Let ${\displaystyle }$c := inf_{gamma in mathcal A}max_{tin[0,1]}f(gamma(t)),${\displaystyle }$ where $mathcalA$ is the set of all continuous paths joining $x^{*}$ to $y^{*}.$ We show that either $c$ is a critical value of $f$ or $c$ is a tangency value at infinity of $f.$ This reduces to the Mountain Pass Theorem of Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz in the case where the function $f$ is definable (such as, semi-algebraic) in an o-minimal structure.

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