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# Multiple solutions for a Navier boundary value problem involving the $p$--biharmonic operator

• The existence of multiple weak solutions for a class of elliptic Navier boundary problems involving the $p$--biharmonic operator is investigated. Our approach is chiefly based on critical point theory.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J40, 35J60.

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