Existence of multiple nontrivial solutions for 2n-th order discrete boundary value problem

Anouar El-Allaly; Omar Hammouti; Mounir Mekkour

doi:10.5269/bspm.76675

Anouar El-Allaly Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
Omar Hammouti
Mounir Mekkour

Abstract

We established the existence of multiple solutions for a class of nonlinear $2n$-th-order discrete boundary value problems by using variational methods and critical point theory. One application is included to illustrate our theoretical finding.

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