Existence of multiple solutions for a p(x)- biharmonic equation

Xiaonan Wang; Yu Tian

Xiaonan Wang School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People’s Republic of China
Yu Tian School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People’s Republic of China

Keywords: Neumann problem; p(x)- biharmonic operator; critical points.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to obtain at least three solutions for a Neumann problem involving the p(x)-biharmonic operator. The main tool used for obtaining our result is a three critical points theorem established by Ricceri.

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