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Fourth-order hemivariational inequalities

• The aim of this paper is to investigate an ordinary fourth-order hemivariational inequality. By using non-smooth variational methods, infinitely many solutions satisfying this type of inequality, whenever the potential of the nonlinear term has a suitable growth condition or convenient oscillatory assumptions at zero or at infinity, are guaranteed. As a consequence, a multiplicity result for non-smooth fourth-order boundary value problems is pointed out.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 34B15; Secondary: 58E05.

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