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EXISTENCE, MULTIPLICITY AND REGULARITY OF SOLUTIONS FOR THE FRACTIONAL p-LAPLACIAN EQUATION

  • Kim, Yun-Ho (Department of Mathematics Education Sangmyung University)
  • Received : 2019.10.15
  • Accepted : 2020.02.13
  • Published : 2020.11.01
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Abstract

We are concerned with the following elliptic equations: $$\{(-{\Delta})^s_pu={\lambda}f(x,u)\;{\text{in {\Omega}}},\\u=0\;{\text{on {\mathbb{R}}^N{\backslash}{\Omega}},$$ where λ are real parameters, (-∆)sp is the fractional p-Laplacian operator, 0 < s < 1 < p < + ∞, sp < N, and f : Ω × ℝ → ℝ satisfies a Carathéodory condition. By applying abstract critical point results, we establish an estimate of the positive interval of the parameters λ for which our problem admits at least one or two nontrivial weak solutions when the nonlinearity f has the subcritical growth condition. In addition, under adequate conditions, we establish an apriori estimate in L∞(Ω) of any possible weak solution by applying the bootstrap argument.

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