NONTRIVIAL SOLUTIONS FOR N-LAPLACIAN EQUATIONS WITH SUB-EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

Abstract

Let Ω be a bounded domain in RNwith smooth boundary ∂Ω. In this paper, the following Dirichlet problem for N-Laplacian equations (N > 1) are considered: [Formula: see text] We assume that the nonlinearity f(x, t) is sub-exponential growth. In fact, we will prove the mapping f(x, ⋅): LA(Ω) ↦ LÃ(Ω) is continuous, where LA(Ω) and LÃ(Ω) are Orlicz spaces. Applying this result, the compactness conditions would be obtained. Hence, we may use Morse theory to obtain existence of nontrivial solutions for problem (N).