Positive Solutions for Semipositone Discrete Eigenvalue Problems via Three Critical Points Theorem

Authors: Benshi Zhu

Abstract:

In this paper, multiple positive solutions for semipositone discrete eigenvalue problems are obtained by using a three critical points theorem for nondifferentiable functional.

Keywords: Discrete eigenvalue problems, positive solutions, semipositone, three critical points theorem

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1082127

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