A multiplicity result for a nonlinear degenerate problem arising in the theory of electrorheological fluids

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2073, 2006, Pages 2625-2641

  Mihǎilescu, Mihai ^a   Rǎdulescu, Vicenţiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Critical point; Electrorheological fluids; Generalized Lebesgue Sobolev space; p(x) Laplace operator; Weak solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747847162     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1633     Document Type: Article

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