On the Steklov problem involving the p(x)-Laplacian with indefinite weight

Abstract

Under suitable assumptions, we study the existence of a weak nontrivial solution for the following Steklov problem involving the \(p(x)\)-Laplacian \[\begin{cases}\Delta_{p(x)}u=a(x)|u|^{p(x)-2}u \quad \text{in }\Omega, \\ |\nabla u|^{p(x)-2}\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}=\lambda V(x)|u|^{q(x)-2}u \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega.\end{cases}\] Our approach is based on min-max method and Ekeland's variational principle.

Keywords

• \(p(x)\)-Laplace operator
• Steklov problem
• variable exponent Sobolev spaces
• variational methods
• Ekeland's variational principle