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TWO NONTRIVIAL WEAK SOLUTIONS FOR THE DIRICHLET PROBLEM ON THE SIERPIŃSKI GASKET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2011

DENISA STANCU-DUMITRU*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania (email: denisa.stancu@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

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We study a Dirichlet problem involving the weak Laplacian on the Sierpiński gasket, and we prove the existence of at least two distinct nontrivial weak solutions using Ekeland’s Variational Principle and standard tools in critical point theory combined with corresponding variational techniques.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 2011

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