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In the present paper, the variational principle to the boundary value problems for a generalized Emden-Fowler equation is given and some existence results of solutions are obtained by using the critical point theory.
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Teng, K. On variational methods to a generalized Emden–Fowler equation. Positivity 14, 335–351 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11117-009-0021-8
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