Existence and multiplicity of solutions for $m(x)-$polyharmonic elliptic Kirchhoff type equations without Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz conditions

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the existence of infinitely many solutions for a class of quasilinear elliptic m(x)polyharmonic Kirchhoff equations where the nonlinear function has a quasicritical growth at infinity and without assuming the Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz type condition. The new aspect consists in employing the notion of a Schauder basis to verify the geometry of the symmetric mountain pass theorem. Furthermore, for the case m(x) ≡ Const, we introduce a positive quantity λ M similar to the first eigenvalue of the mpolyharmonic operator to find a mountain pass solution, and also to discuss the sublinear case under large growth conditions at infinity and at zero. Our results are an improvement and generalization of the corresponding results obtained by Colasuonno-Pucci (Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, 2011) and Bae-Kim (Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2020).