Abstract This article is concerned with the following Kirchhoff equation: − a + b ∫ R 3 ∣ ∇ u ∣ 2 d x Δ u = g ( u ) + h ( x ) in R 3 , -\left(a+b\mathop{\int }\limits_{{{\mathbb{R}}}^{3}}{| \nabla u| }^{2}{\rm{d}}x\right)\Delta u=g\left(u)+h\left(x)\hspace{1em}{\rm{in}}\hspace{0.33em}{{\mathbb{R}}}^{3}, where a a and b b are positive constants and h ≠ 0 h\ne 0 . Under the Berestycki-Lions type conditions on g g , we prove that the equation has at least two positive solutions by using variational methods. Furthermore, we obtain the existence of ground state solutions.
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