aDepartment of Mathematics, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA;bDepartment of Mathematics, National Technical University, Zografou Campus, Athens 15780, Greece;cDepartment of Mathematics, Aveiro University, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract:
We consider a nonlinear periodic problem driven by the scalar p-Laplacian with a nonsmooth potential (hemivariational inequality). Using the degree theory for multivalued perturbations of (S)+-operators and the spectrum of a class of weighted eigenvalue problems for the scalar p-Laplacian, we prove the existence of at least three distinct nontrivial solutions, two of which have constant sign.