# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August  2012, 5(4): 715-727. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2012.5.715

## Multiplicity results to elliptic problems in $\mathbb{R}^N$

 1 Dipartimento Patrimonio Architettonico e Urbanistico, Facoltà di Architettura, Università di Reggio Calabria, Salita Melissari, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy 2 Department of Science for Engineering and Architecture (Mathematics Section), Engineering Faculty, University of Messina, 98166 - Messina, Italy

Received  January 2011 Revised  June 2011 Published  November 2011

The aim of this paper is to investigate elliptic variational-hemivariational inequalities on unbounded domains. In particular, by using a recent critical point theorem, existence results of at least two nontrivial solutions are established.
Citation: Giuseppina Barletta, Gabriele Bonanno. Multiplicity results to elliptic problems in $\mathbb{R}^N$. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2012, 5 (4) : 715-727. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2012.5.715
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