Abstract
This paper deals with the existence of multiple solutions for the following Kirchhoff type equations involving p-biharmonic operator:
where Ω is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^{N}\) (\(N>1\)), \(\lambda >0\), \(p, q, m>1\), M is a continuous function, and the weight functions f and g are measurable. We obtain the existence results by combining the variational method with Nehari manifold and fibering maps.
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1 Introduction
The theory of p-Laplacian and p-biharmonic operators has been developed very quickly. The investigation of the existence and multiplicity of solutions has attracted a considerable attention of researchers (see, for instance, [1, 3, 15, 18, 22, 24, 26–28] and the references therein). The motivation of this interest stems from the fact that these nonhomogeneous differential operators are a very productive and rich area of research in recent decades. This theory have relevant applications in various fields; we refer the reader to [17, 20–23].
Kirchhof-type equations, known as nonlocal differential equations, have received specific attention in recent years. An important number of surveys dealing with this type of equations can model phenomenons arising from the study of elastic mechanics, in numerous physical phenomena such as systems of particles in thermodynamical equilibrium, dielectric breakdown, image restoration, biological phenomena, and so on (see [9, 14, 19, 25, 30] and references therein for discussions of various applications ).
In recent years, several authors have considered the Nehari manifold to study problems involving sign-changing weight functions [2, 4, 6, 7, 10–13, 15, 16, 26, 28]. More precisely, Ji and Wang [16] proved the existence of two nontrivial solutions for the following perturbed nonlinear p-biharmonic boundary value problem:
where \(1< r< p< q< p^{*}\) with \(p^{*}=\frac{Np}{N-2p}\) if \(p<\frac{N}{2}\) and \(p^{*}=\infty\) if \(p\geq\frac{N}{2}\), h is a continuous function in Ω̅, which can change sign, and \(\Delta _{p}^{2}u:=\Delta ( \vert \Delta u \vert ^{p-2}\Delta u )\) is the p-biharmonic operator.
Chen et al. [8] considered the following nonhomogeneous Kirchhof-type problem:
where \(1< q<2<m<2^{*}\) (\(2^{*}=\frac{2N}{N-2}\) if \(N\geq3\), \(2^{*}=\infty\) if \(N=1,2\)), \(M(s)=a+bs\), and a, b, λ, are positive real numbers. The weight functions f and g are continuous in Ω̅. Based on the Nehari manifold method and the fibering maps, the authors proved that problem (1.1) admits at least two nontrivial solutions.
Inspired by the works mentioned, we study the following Kirchhof-type system:
where \(\varOmega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}\) (\(N\geq2\)) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary ∂Ω, \(\lambda>0\), the functions f, g are measurable in Ω, and the function M is defined on \([0,\infty)\) by \(M(s)=a+b s^{l}\) for some \(a,b >0\) and \(0\leq l<\frac {2p}{N-2p}\).
Before giving our main result, we assume the following hypotheses:
- \((H_{1})\):
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g is a measurable function such that \(g\in L^{\frac {p^{*}}{p^{*}-m}}(\varOmega)\) and \(g^{+}:=\max(g,0)\neq0\).
- \((H_{2})\):
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f is a measurable function such that \(f\in L^{\frac {p^{*}}{p^{*}-q}}(\varOmega)\) and \(f^{+}:=\max(f,0)\neq0\).
Our main result of this paper is the following theorem.
Theorem 1.1
Assume\((H_{1})\)–\((H_{2})\). If\(2p< N\)and\(1< m< p\leq p(l+1)<q<p^{*}\), then there exists\(\lambda_{0}>0\)such that for all\(|\lambda|\in(0,\lambda_{0})\), problem (1.2) has at least two nontrivial solutions.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows. In Sect. 2, we give some definitions and basic results that will be used in this paper. Section 3 is devoted to the proof of Theorem 1.1.
2 Definitions and basic results
In this section, we collect some basic preliminary results that will be used in the proof of our main result. To state our main result, let us introduce some definitions and notations. First, we define the Sobolev space
equipped with the norm
For \(1< s\leq p^{*}\), we denote by \(C_{s}\) the best Sobolev constant for the embedding operator \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\hookrightarrow L^{s}(\varOmega )\), which is given by
In particular, we have
that is,
where \(\|\cdot\|_{s}\) is the usual norm in \(L^{s}(\varOmega)\).
Definition 2.1
We say that a function \(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\) is a weak solution of (1.2) if for all \(v\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\), we have
Associated with the problem (1.2), we define the functional energy \(J_{\lambda,M}(u):W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}\) by
where \(\widehat{M}(t)=at+\frac{b}{l+1}t^{l+1}\).
Lemma 2.1
The functional\(J_{\lambda,M}\)belongs to\(C^{1}(W^{2,p}(\varOmega),\mathbb {R})\). Moreover, for all\(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\), we have
where\(\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle\)denotes the usual duality between the space\(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\)and its dual\(W^{-2,p}(\varOmega)\).
Proof
From the hypotheses \((H_{1})\)–\((H_{2})\) it is obvious that \(J_{\lambda ,M}\in C^{1}(W^{2,p}(\varOmega),\mathbb{R})\) and its Gateaux derivative is given by
This completes the proof of Lemma 2.1. □
Since the energy functional is not bounded from bellow on \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\), we introduce the following subspace of \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\), which is called Nehari manifold:
Thus \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}\) if and only if
Note that the Nehari manifold \(N_{\lambda,M}\) contains every nonzero solution of equation (1.2).
Lemma 2.2
Suppose that\((H_{1})\)and\((H_{2})\)hold. Then the energy functional\(J_{\lambda,M}\)is coercive and bounded below on\(N_{\lambda,M}\).
Proof
Let \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}\). Then from (2.1), (2.4), and the Hölder inequality we have
Since \(m< p(l+1)< q\), \(J_{\lambda,M}\) is coercive and bounded below on \(N_{\lambda,M}\). □
The Nehari manifold \(N_{\lambda,M}\) is closely linked to the behavior of the function \(h_{u}:t\longrightarrow J_{\lambda,M}(tu)\) for \(t>0\), defined as follows:
Such maps, introduced by Drábek and Pohozaev [10], are known as fibering maps. A simple calculation shows that, for each \(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\), we have
and
Clearly,
Thus, for all \(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\setminus\{0\}\) and \(t>0\), we have
In particular, \(h'_{u}(1)=0\) if and only if \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}\). Also, by equation (2.4) it is easy to see that for \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}\),
In order to have multiplicity of solutions, we split \(N_{\lambda,M}\) into three parts
Furthermore, using arguments similar to those in of Theorem 2.3 in [6], we have the following lemma.
Lemma 2.3
Letube a local minimizer for\(J_{\lambda,M}\)on\(N_{\lambda,M}\)not belonging to\(N_{\lambda,M}^{0}\). Then\(J'_{\lambda,M}(u)=0\).
Put
Then we have the following lemma.
Lemma 2.4
If\(0<|\lambda|<\lambda_{1}\), then\(N_{\lambda ,M}^{0}=\phi\).
Proof
Suppose, otherwise, that \(0<|\lambda|<\lambda_{1}\) with \(N_{\lambda ,M}^{0}\neq\phi\). Let \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{0}\). Then we have
and
Therefore
and
On the other hand, from (2.1) and the Hölder inequality we obtain
and
By combining (2.7) and (2.9) we get
Moreover, by combining (2.8) and (2.10) we get
Finally, by combining (2.11) and (2.12) we obtain \(\lambda _{1}\leq|\lambda|\), which is a contradiction. □
From Lemma 2.4, for \(0<|\lambda|<\lambda_{1}\), we can write \(N_{\lambda,M}=N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\cup N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\).
Put
and
Then we have the following:
Proposition 2.1
If\(0< |\lambda|<\lambda_{2}\), then:
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(i)
$$ \theta_{\lambda,M}\leq\theta_{\lambda,M}^{+}< 0. $$(2.13)
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(ii)
There exists\(C>0\)such that
$$ \theta_{\lambda,M}^{-}\geq C>0. $$(2.14)
Proof
(i) Let \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\). Then from (2.6) and the fact that \(h''_{u}(1)>0\) we obtain
So, by (2.4) we obtain
Thus we can deduce that \(\theta_{\lambda,M}\leq\theta_{\lambda,M}^{+}<0\).
(ii) Let \(u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\). Then from equations (2.5) and the fact that \(h_{u}''(1)<0\) we get
So,
Therefore equation (2.10) implies that
In addition, from equations (2.1), (2.4), and (2.9), using the Hölder inequality, we have
It is not difficult to see that if \(0< |\lambda|<\lambda_{2}\), then \(C>0\). This completes the proof of Proposition 2.1. □
Set
Proposition 2.2
Suppose that\(0<|\lambda|<\lambda _{0}\). Then for each\(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\)with
there exists\(T>0\)such that:
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(i)
If\(\lambda \int_{\varOmega}f(x)|u|^{q}\,dx\leq0\), then there exists a unique\(t^{+}< T\)such that\(t^{+}u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\)and
$$ J_{\lambda,M} \bigl(t^{+}u \bigr)=\inf_{0\leq t\leq T}J_{\lambda,M}(tu). $$ -
(ii)
If\(\lambda \int_{\varOmega}f(x)|u|^{q}\,dx> 0\), then there are unique\(0< t^{+}< T< t^{-}\)such that\((t^{-}u,t^{+}u)\in N_{\lambda ,M}^{-}\times N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\)and
$$ J_{\lambda,M} \bigl(t^{-}u \bigr)=\sup_{t\geq0}J_{\lambda,M}(tu);\qquad J_{\lambda ,M} \bigl(t^{+}u \bigr)=\inf_{0\leq t< T}J_{\lambda,M}(tu). $$
Proof
Fix \(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\) with \(\int_{\varOmega}g(x)|u|^{m}\,dx>0\) and define the map \(\varPsi_{u}\) on \((0,\infty)\) by
A simple calculation shows that
Moreover, for \(t>0\), we have
where
Since \(m< p< p(l+1)< q\), then we have
Also, \(\psi_{u}\) is decreasing on \((0,\infty)\). So, there is a unique \(T>0\) such that \(\psi_{u}(t)>0\) for \(0< t< T\), \(\psi_{u}(T)=0\), and \(\psi _{u}(t)<0\) for \(t>T\). Therefore \(\varPsi_{u}\) admits a global maximum at T, \(\psi_{u}\) is increasing on \((0,T)\), decreasing on \((T,\infty)\), \(\lim_{t\to0}\varPsi_{u}(t)=-\infty\), and \(\lim_{t\to\infty}\varPsi_{u}(t)=0\).
(i) If \(\lambda \int_{\varOmega}f(x)|u|^{q}\,dx< 0\), then there is a unique \(t^{+}\in(0,T)\) such that
Therefore \(h'_{u}(t^{+})=0\) and \(h''_{u}(t^{+})>0\), that is, \(h_{u}\) has a global maximum at \(t^{+}\), and \(t^{+}u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\).
(ii) Assume that \(\lambda \int_{\varOmega}f(x)|u|^{q}\,dx>0\), and put
Then we have
Since \(\psi_{u}\) is a decreasing function, we get \(T_{0}>T\). Moreover, since \(\varPsi_{u}\) is decreasing on \((T,\infty)\), from (2.9) we have
Therefore by (2.1) we obtain
Since \(0<|\lambda|<\lambda_{0}\), we have
Hence there are unique \(t^{-}\) and \(t^{+}\) such that \(0< t^{+}< T< t^{-}\),
and
By a similar argument as in case (i) we conclude that \(t^{-}u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\) and \(t^{+}u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\). Moreover,
and \(J_{\lambda,M}(tu)\leq J_{\lambda,M}(t^{-}u)\) for each \(t\geq0\). Thus
□
Proposition 2.3
For every\(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\)with\(\lambda \int_{\varOmega }f(x)|u|^{m}\,dx>0\), there existsT̃such that:
-
(i)
If\(\int_{\varOmega}g(x)|u|^{m}\,dx\leq0\), then there exists a unique\(t^{-}>\widetilde{T}\)such that\(t^{-}u\in N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\)and
$$ J_{\lambda,M} \bigl(t^{-}u \bigr)=\sup_{t\geq\widetilde{T}}J_{\lambda,M}(tu). $$ -
(ii)
If\(\int_{\varOmega}g(x)|u|^{m}\,dx> 0\), then there are unique\(0< t^{+}<\widetilde{T}<t^{-}\)such that\((t^{-}u,t^{+}u)\in N_{\lambda ,M}^{-}\times N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\)and
$$ J_{\lambda,M} \bigl(t^{-}u \bigr)=\sup_{t\geq0}J_{\lambda,M}(tu);\qquad J_{\lambda ,M} \bigl(t^{+}u \bigr)=\inf_{0\leq t< \widetilde{T}}J_{\lambda,M}(tu). $$
Proof
Let \(u\in W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\) be such that \(\lambda\int_{\varOmega }f(x)|u|^{q}\,dx>0\) and define the map \(\varPsi_{u}\) by
Put
Then by similar arguments as in the proof of Proposition 2.2 we can deduce the results of Proposition 2.3 □
Proposition 2.4
There exist sequences \(\{u_{k}^{\pm}\}\) in \(N_{\lambda}^{\pm}\) such that
Proof
We omit the proof, which is almost the same as that in Wu ([29], Proposition 9). □
3 Proof of our main result
In this section, we apply the method of Nehari manifold combined with the fibering maps to investigate the multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for problem (1.2). To this aim, we assume that \(|\lambda|\in(0,\lambda_{0})\).
Theorem 3.1
Assume that\((H_{1})\)–\((H_{2})\)hold. Then problem (1.2) has a nontrivial solution\(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\)in\(N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\)such that
Proof
By Proposition 2.4 there exists a sequence \(\{u_{k}^{+}\}\) in \(N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\) such that
Using Lemma 2.2, up to a subsequence, there exists \(u^{+}_{\lambda ,M}\) in \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\) such that
We will prove that \(u^{+}_{k}\longrightarrow u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\) strongly in \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\) and \(J_{\lambda,M}(u^{+}_{\lambda,M})=\theta^{+}_{\lambda,M}\).
Since \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda,M}\), by Fatou’s lemma and equation (3.1) we get
So, it is easy to see that
From the Brezis–Lieb lemma [5] we obtain \(\| u^{+}_{k}-u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\|^{p}=\|u^{+}_{k}\|^{p}-\|u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\|^{p}\). Therefore \(u_{k}\longrightarrow u_{\lambda,M}\) strongly in \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\).
Now we will prove that \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\). We proceed by contradiction assuming that \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda ,M}^{-}\).
We have
By letting k tend to infinity we obtain
Therefore \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\) is nontrivial. Moreover, Propositions 2.2 and 2.3(ii) imply the existence of a unique \(t^{+}\) such that \(t^{+}u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda,M}^{+}\). Since \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\), we have
So, there exists \(\widetilde{t}\in(t^{+},1)\) such that
Therefore
which is a contradiction. Therefore \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda ,M}^{+}\), Moreover, it is not difficult to see that (3.1) and (3.2) imply that \(u^{+}_{\lambda,M}\) is a weak solution of problem (1.2). The proof is now completed. □
Theorem 3.2
If\(0<|\lambda|<\lambda_{0}\)and\((H_{1})\)–\((H_{3})\)hold, then problem (1.2) admits a nontrivial solution\(u^{-}_{\lambda,M}\)in\(N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\)satisfying
Proof
By Proposition 2.4 there exists a sequence \(\{u^{-}_{k}\}\) in \(N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\) such that
Using Lemma 2.2, up to a subsequence, there exists \(u^{-}_{\lambda ,M}\) in \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\) such that
We begin by proving that the sequence \(\{u^{-}_{k}\}\) converges strongly to \(u^{-}_{\lambda,M}\) in \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\). Suppose that, on the contrary,
Since \(u^{-}_{k}\in N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\), from equations (2.5) and the fact that \(h_{u^{-}_{k}}''(1)<0\) we get
which implies that
Therefore equation (2.10) implies that
By combining (3.5) and (3.6) we obtain
Passing to the limits as k tends to infinity, we obtain
Therefore \(u^{-}_{\lambda,M}\) is nontrivial. Moreover, by Proposition 2.3 there exist a unique \(t^{-}>0\) such that \(t^{-}u^{-}_{\lambda,M}\in N_{\lambda,M}^{-}\). Therefore
a contradiction. Hence \(u^{-}_{k}\longrightarrow u^{-}_{\lambda,M}\) strongly in \(W^{2,p}(\varOmega)\). This implies that
Finally, from (3.3) and (3.4) we obtain that \(u^{-}_{\lambda,M}\) is a weak solution of problem (1.2). This ends the proof of Theorem 3.2 . □
Now Theorems 3.1 and 3.2 and the fact that \(N_{\lambda ,M}^{-}\cap N_{\lambda,M}^{-}=\emptyset\) finishes the proof of Theorem 1.1.
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Alsaedi, R. Multiplicity results involving p-biharmonic Kirchhoff-type problems. Bound Value Probl 2020, 118 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13661-020-01416-2
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