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We study the existence of weak solutions for a p(x)-Kirchhoff problem. The main tool used is the variational method, more precisely, the Mountain Pass Theorem.
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Allaoui, M. Existence results for a class of nonlocal problems involving p(x)-Laplacian. Arab.J.Math. 4, 1–6 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40065-014-0115-4
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