On a critical point theory for multivalued functionals and application to partial differential inclusions

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 735-753

  Frigon, Marlène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem for partial differential inclusions; Critical point theory; Lower semi continuous functionals; Multivalued functionals

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FUNCTIONS; GRAPH THEORY; INTEGRATION; THEOREM PROVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CRITICAL POINT THEORY; LIPSCHITZ FUNCTION; LOWER SEMI-CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONALS; MULTIVALUED FUNCTIONALS; MULTIVALUED MAPPINGS; PALAIS-SMALE CONDITION;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032011417     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(97)00436-7     Document Type: Article

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