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Nontrivial solutions of a semilinear elliptic problem via variational methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Zhi-Qing Han
Zhi-Qing Han
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Department of Applied Mathematics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, Peoples Republic of China, e-mail: hanzhiq@dlut.edu.cn
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Using variational methods, we investigate the existence of nontrivial solutions of a nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem at resonance under generalised Ahmad-Lazer-Paul conditions. Some new results are obtained and some results in the literature are improved.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 267 - 275
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2004

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