# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

November  2016, 36(11): 6453-6473. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016078

## Existence of solutions for Kirchhoff type problems with resonance at higher eigenvalues

 1 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China 2 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China

Received  November 2014 Revised  May 2016 Published  August 2016

We study the following Kirchhoff type problem: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ccc} -\left(a+b\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2dx \right) \Delta u=f(x,u), &\mbox{in} \ \ \Omega, \\ u=0, &\text{on} \ \partial \Omega. \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} Note that $F(x,t)=\int_0^1 f(x,s)ds$ is the primitive function of $f$. In the first result, we prove the existence of solutions by applying the $G-$Linking Theorem when the quotient $\frac{4F(x,t)}{bt^4}$ stays between $\mu_k$ and $\mu_{k+1}$ allowing for resonance with $\mu_{k+1}$ at infinity. In the second result, for the case that the quotient $\frac{4F(x,t)}{bt^4}$ stays between $\mu_1$ and $\mu'_{2}$ allowing for resonance with $\mu'_{2}$ at infinity, we find a nontrivial solution by using the classical Linking Theorem and argument of the characterization of $\mu'_2$. Meanwhile, similar results are obtained for degenerate problem.
Citation: Shu-Zhi Song, Shang-Jie Chen, Chun-Lei Tang. Existence of solutions for Kirchhoff type problems with resonance at higher eigenvalues. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems, 2016, 36 (11) : 6453-6473. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016078
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