# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2013, 2013(special): 291-299. doi: 10.3934/proc.2013.2013.291

## Existence of multiple solutions to a discrete fourth order periodic boundary value problem

 1 Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, United States

Received  July 2012 Revised  December 2012 Published  November 2013

Sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of multiple solutions to the discrete fourth order periodic boundary value problem \begin{equation*} \begin{array}{l} \Delta^4 u(t-2)-\Delta(p(t-1)\Delta u(t-1))+q(t) u(t)=f(t,u(t)),\quad t\in [1,N]_{\mathbb{Z}},\\ \Delta^iu(-1)=\Delta^iu(N-1),\quad i=0, 1,2, 3. \end{array} \end{equation*} Our analysis is mainly based on the variational method and critical point theory. One example is included to illustrate the result.
Citation: John R. Graef, Lingju Kong, Min Wang. Existence of multiple solutions to a discrete fourth order periodic boundary value problem. Conference Publications, 2013, 2013 (special) : 291-299. doi: 10.3934/proc.2013.2013.291
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