An index formula for the degree of (S)\(_+\)-mappings associated with one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian
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instance of: scholarly article
title: An index formula for the degree of (S)\(_+\)-mappings associated with one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian
zbMATH Open document ID: 1078.47021
DOI: 10.1155/S1085337504401055
author: Jun Kobayashi
author: Mitsuharu Ôtani
published in: Abstract and Applied Analysis
publication date: 2005-04-29T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/51937
review text: This paper is devoted to the proof of the following result: Consider the quasilinear problem \(-\Delta_p u=- (|u'(x)|^{p-2} u'(x))'= \mu|u(x)|^{p-2} u(x)\) for \(x\in (0,1)\) with \(u(0)= u(1)= 0\), where \(p> 1\) is fixed and \(\mu\) is real. If \(\mu_k\) denotes the (simple) eigenvalues of \(-\Delta_p\), then we have \(d_{(S)_+}(T^p, B_r(0),0)= (-1)^k\) for \(\mu\in (\mu_k, \mu_{k+1})\) for \(r> 0\), where \(T^p: W^{1,p}_0(0,1)\to W^{-1,p'}(0,1)\) is the \((S)_+\) operator corresponding to the weak solution to the above problem. Here \(d_{(S)_+}\) denotes the degree for \((S)_+\) mappings. The proof uses a tricky argument involving different degrees in different Banach spaces, the degree for subdifferentials, Galerkin approximations, and a homotopy argument reducing the problem to the case \(p= 2\), which is reminiscent to the one used by del Pino and Manasevich for the classical Leray-Schauder degree. Applications to variational inequalities are given in order to prove existence of at least three solutions.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47H11
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35J85
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47J10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47N20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35J70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47H05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J40
zbMATH DE Number: 2163692
zbMATH Keywords: degree
zbMATH Keywords: degree for \((S)_+\)-mappings
zbMATH Keywords: \(p\)-Laplacian
zbMATH Keywords: index
zbMATH Keywords: multiple solutions
zbMATH Keywords: variational inequality
zbMATH Keywords: Galerkin approximation
reviewed by: Jesús Hernández
MaRDI profile type: Publication
OpenAlex ID: W2220420516
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2163692