Existence and Multiplicity of Solutions for a Class of $(p,q)$-Laplacian Equations in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with Sign-changing Potential

Abstract

In this paper, we use variational approaches to establish the existence of weak solutions for a class of $(p,q)$-Laplacian equations on $\mathbb{R}^N$, for $1 \lt q \lt p \lt q^{*} := Nq/(N-q)$, $p \lt N$, with a sign-changing potential function and a Carathéodory reaction term which do not satisfy the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz type growth condition. By linking theorem with Cerami condition, the fountain theorem and dual fountain theorem with Cerami condition, we obtain some existence of weak solutions for the above equations under our considerations which are different from those used in related papers.