A multiplicity theorem for the Neumann p-Laplacian with an asymmetric nonsmooth potential

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-392

  Barletta, Giuseppina ^a   Papageorgiou, Nikolaos S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Degree theory; Lagrange multiplier rule; Local minimizer; Neumann problem; Nonsmooth potential; P Laplacian

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LAPLACE EQUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DEGREE THEORY; HEMIVARIATIONAL INEQUALITY; NONLINEAR NEUMANN;

THEOREM PROVING;

EID: 35148868565     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: 15732916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10898-007-9142-4     Document Type: Article

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