Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

MULTIPLICITY OF SOLUTIONS FOR PERIODIC AND NEUMANN PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE DISCRETE $p(\cdot)$-LAPLACIAN

Călin Şerban

Abstract

Using critical point theory, we study the multiplicity of solutions for some periodic and Neumann boundary value problems involving the discrete $p(\cdot)$-Laplacian.

Article information

Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 17, Number 4 (2013), 1425-1439.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 10 July 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1499706125

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/tjm.17.2013.2399

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3085519

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1274.39016

Citation

Şerban, Călin. MULTIPLICITY OF SOLUTIONS FOR PERIODIC AND NEUMANN PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE DISCRETE $p(\cdot)$-LAPLACIAN. Taiwanese J. Math. 17 (2013), no. 4, 1425--1439. doi:10.11650/tjm.17.2013.2399. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1499706125

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