Multiplicity of solutions for a quasilinear elliptic problem via the cohomological index Original Research Article

In this paper we study a quasilinear elliptic problem with the Dirichlet boundary condition in a bounded domain involving the operator Au=−Δpu−ΔquAu=−Δpu−Δqu. Assuming that the nonlinearity has a concave–convex behavior we obtain some multiplicity results. More precisely, we obtain five nontrivial solutions; two by a minimization argument, two by the mountain pass theorem, and the other by a cohomological linking theorem.