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We analyze a class of quasilinear elliptic problems involving a p(·)-Laplace-type operator on a bounded domain \({\Omega\subset{\mathbb R}^N}\), N ≥ 2, and we deal with nonlinear conditions on the boundary. Working on the variable exponent Lebesgue–Sobolev spaces, we follow the steps described by the “fountain theorem” and we establish the existence of a sequence of weak solutions.
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Boureanu, MM., Preda, F. Infinitely many solutions for elliptic problems with variable exponent and nonlinear boundary conditions. Nonlinear Differ. Equ. Appl. 19, 235–251 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00030-011-0126-1
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