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In this paper, we investigate the existence of two solutions for second-order discrete Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem with a p-Laplacian. By using critical point theory, the existence of at least two solutions is obtained.
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Project 11001028 Supported by National Science Foundation for Young Scholars, Project BUPT2009RC0704 Supported by Chinese Universities Scientific Fund, Project 11071014 Supported by National Science Foundation of P.R. China.
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Tian, Y., Ge, W. Two solutions for a discrete problem with a p-Laplacian. J. Appl. Math. Comput. 38, 353–365 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12190-011-0483-2
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Keywords
- Discrete Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem
- p-Laplacian
- Variational methods
- Critical point theory
- Existence