The method of upper-lower solutions for nonlinear second order differential inclusions

In this paper we consider a second order differential inclusion driven by the ordinary p-Laplacian, with a subdifferential term, a discontinuous perturbation and nonlinear boundary value conditions. Assuming the existence of an ordered pair of appropriately defined upper and lower solutions φ and ψ...

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Main Author: Papageorgiou, Nikolaos (author)
Other Authors: Staicu, Vasile (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5390
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/5390
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Summary:In this paper we consider a second order differential inclusion driven by the ordinary p-Laplacian, with a subdifferential term, a discontinuous perturbation and nonlinear boundary value conditions. Assuming the existence of an ordered pair of appropriately defined upper and lower solutions φ and ψ respectively, using truncations and penalization techniques and results from nonlinear and multivalued analysis, we prove the existence of solutions in the order interval [ψ,φ] and of extremal solutions in [ψ,φ]. We show that our problem incorporates the Dirichlet, Neumann and Sturm–Liouville problems. Moreover, we show that our method of proof also applies to the periodic problem.