Three topological problems about integral functionals on Sobolev spaces

DOI10.1023/B:JOGO.0000026457.77153.5EMaRDI QIDQ2574772zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Biagio Ricceri

Publication date 2 December 2005

Published in Journal of Global Optimization (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412560

zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet problemenergy functionalLaplacianweak continuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis to differential and integral equations (46N20)

Abstract: In this paper, I propose some problems, of topological nature, on the energy functional associated to the Dirichlet problem -Delta u = f(x,u) in Omega, u restricted to the boundary of Omega is 0. Positive answers to these problems would produce innovative multiplicity results on this Dirichlet problem.

Review text

The energy functional \(J_f\) associated to the Dirichlet problem for the equation \(-\Delta u=f(x,u)\) in \(W^{1,2}_0(\Omega)\) is considered. It is asked whether a function \(f\) exists such that \(J_f\) satisfies certain topological properties. The implications of these topological properties to certain multiplicity results of the corresponding Dirichlet problem are considered. For example, if a certain associated set is disconnected with respect to a certain topology, the Dirichlet problem for the corresponding \(f\) has an infinite number of solutions.

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