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The aim of this paper is to prove the existence of at least one nontrivial weak solution for equations involving the \((p(\cdot ),q(\cdot ))\)-Laplace operator. The approach is variational and based on the critical point theory.
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Vetro, C., Vetro, F. On Problems Driven by the \((p(\cdot ),q(\cdot ))\)-Laplace Operator. Mediterr. J. Math. 17, 24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-019-1448-1
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