Landesman–Lazer conditions for difference equations involving sublinear perturbations

Abstract

We study the existence and uniqueness for discrete Neumann and periodic problems. We consider both ordinary and partial difference equations involving sublinear perturbations. All the proofs are based on reformulating these discrete problems as a general singular algebraic system. Firstly, we use variational techniques (specifically, the Saddle Point Theorem) and prove the existence result based on a type of Landesman–Lazer condition. Then we show that for a certain class of bounded nonlinearities this condition is even necessary and therefore, we specify also the cases in which there does not exist any solution. Finally, the uniqueness is discussed.