文摘
In this paper, we study the following nonlinear elliptic equation of p–q-Laplacian type on RN: where 1<q≤p<N, and Δsu=div(us−2u) is the s-Laplacian of u. We prove that under suitable conditions on f(x,t), if g(x)≡0 and a(x)≡m>0, b(x)≡n>0 for some constants m and n, then the problem () has at least one nontrivial weak solution (see Theorem 1.12), generalizing a similar result for p-Laplacian type equation in [J.F. Yang, X.P. Zhu, On the existence of nontrivial solution of a quasilinear elliptic boundary value problem for unbounded Domains(I)Positive mass case, Acta Math. Sci. 7 (1987) 341–359]. Also, we prove that under essentially the same assumptions on f(x,t) as that in Theorem 1.12, there exists a constant C>0, such that if g*<C, then the problem () possesses at least two nontrivial weak solutions (see Theorem 1.15), generalizing a similar result in [D.M. Cao, G.B. Li, Huansong Zhou, The existence of two solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations on RN, Chinese J. Contemp. Math. 17 (3) (1996) 277–285] for p-Laplacian type equation. Since our assumptions on f(x,t) are weaker than that in the above-mentioned reference, Theorem 1.15 is better than the main result in the same even if p=q.