On Fourth-Order Elliptic Equations of Kirchhoff Type with Dependence on the Gradient and the Laplacian

Abstract

We consider a nonlocal fourth-order elliptic equation of Kirchhoff type with dependence on the gradient and Laplacian Δ2u-a+b∫Ω∇u2dxΔu=fx,u,∇u,Δu, in Ω, u=0, Δu=0, on ∂Ω, where a, b are positive constants. We will show that there exists b⁎>0 such that the problem has a nontrivial solution for 0<b<b⁎ through an iterative method based on the mountain pass lemma and truncation method developed by De Figueiredo et al., 2004.