Hartman-type results for p(t)-Laplacian systems

  • Authors:
  • Xian-Ling Fan;Hong-Qing Wu;Fei-Zhi Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China;Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China;Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China

  • Venue:
  • Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Consider the weighted p(t)-Laplacian ordinary system {-(w(t)|u'(t)|p(t)-2u'(t))' + w(t)f(t,u(t)) = 0 in (a,b), u(a) = u(b) = 0, where f ∈ C([a,b] × RN,RN), w∈C([a,b],R), p∈C([a,b],R) and p(t) 1 for t ∈[a,b]. It is proved that if ∃R 0 such that 〈f(t,u),u〉 ≥ 0, ∀t∈[a,b], ∀u∈RN with |u| = R, then the problem has a solution u such that |u(t)| ≤ R for t ∈ [a, b]. As a corollary of this result, taking w(t) = tn-1, we obtain the existence of the radial solutions for the elliptic systems. Our result generalized the corresponding results obtained by Hartman and Mawhin.