A local minimum theorem and critical nonlinearities

Bonanno, Gabriele; D’Aguì, Giuseppina; O’Regan, Donal

doi:10.1515/auom-2016-0028

Abstract

In this paper the existence of two positive solutions for a Dirichlet problem having a critical growth, and depending on a real parameter, is established. The approach is based on methods which are totally variational, unlike the fundamental result of Ambrosetti, Brezis and Cerami where a clever combination of topological and variational methods is used in order to obtain the same conclusion. In addition, a numerical estimate of real parameters, for which the two solutions are obtained, is provided. Our main tool is a local minimum theorem.

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A local minimum theorem and critical nonlinearities

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