# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

May  2014, 13(3): 1075-1086. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.1075

## A nonlinear eigenvalue problem for the periodic scalar $p$-Laplacian

 1 Department DICEAM, University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, 89100, Italy, Italy 2 Department MECMAT, Engineering Faculty, University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, 89100

Received  March 2013 Revised  July 2013 Published  December 2013

We study a parametric nonlinear periodic problem driven by the scalar $p$-Laplacian. We show that if $\hat \lambda_1 >0$ is the first eigenvalue of the periodic scalar $p$-Laplacian and $\lambda> \hat \lambda_1$, then the problem has at least three nontrivial solutions one positive, one negative and the third nodal. Our approach is variational together with suitable truncation, perturbation and comparison techniques.
Citation: Giuseppina Barletta, Roberto Livrea, Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou. A nonlinear eigenvalue problem for the periodic scalar $p$-Laplacian. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2014, 13 (3) : 1075-1086. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.1075
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