APPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL POINT THEOREMS TO NONLINEAR BEAM PROBLEMS

Choi, Q-Heung;Jin, Ying-Hua;Choi, Kyung-Pyo

• Accepted : 2007.01.22
• Published : 2007.03.25
• 34 3

Abstract

Let L be the differential operator, Lu = $u_{tt}+u_{xxxx}$. We consider nonlinear beam equations, Lu + $bu^+$ = j, in H, where H is the Hilbert space spanned by eigenfunctions of L. We reveal the existence of multiple solutions of the nonlinear beam problems by critical point theorems.

Keywords

nonlinear beam problem;critical point theorem;eigenfunction

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