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On a Fractional p-Laplacian Problem with Discontinuous Nonlinearities

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In this paper, we are concerned by the study of a discontinuous elliptic problem involving a fractional p-Laplacian arising in differents context. Under suitable conditions, we provide the existence and multiplicity result via the nonsmooth critical point theory.

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Achour, H., Bensid, S. On a Fractional p-Laplacian Problem with Discontinuous Nonlinearities. Mediterr. J. Math. 18, 241 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-021-01898-z

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