Special Session 33: Variational, Topological and Set-Valued Methods for Nonlinear Differential Problems

Remarks on positive solutions to a $p$-Laplacian problem with a possibly singular nonlinearity
Bruno Vassallo
University of Messina
Italy
Co-Author(s):    Pasquale Candito and Giuseppe Failla
Abstract:
In this paper, we combine variational methods and truncation techniques to study the existence of a positive weak solution for a quasilinear elliptic problem driven by the $p$-Laplacian operator involving a reaction term which might or might not have a singularity at $0$. Furthermore, provided that solutions belong to $C^1(\overline{\Omega})$, uniqueness is achieved using a D\`{i}az-Sa\`{a} type argument, which relies on a Br\`{e}zis-Oswald assumption on the nonlinearity. Additionally, in the superlinear case, we give a multiplicity result that applies when an Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz type condition is fulfilled, e.g. in the concave-convex context.