Existence of nontrivial solutions for Schrödinger-Kirchhoff type equations involving the fractional p-Laplacian and local nonlinearity

Abstract

In this paper, we deal with the existence of nontrivial solutions for the following Kirchhoff-type equation where $0 < s < 1 < p < \infty$, $sp < N$, $\lambda > 0$ is a real parameter, $(-\Delta)_{p}^{s}$ is the fractional $p$-Laplacian operator, $V:\mathbb{R}^N\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^N$ is a potential function, $M$ is a Kirchhoff function, the nonlinearity $f:\mathbb{R}^N\times\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function and just super-linear in a neighborhood of $u = 0$. By using an appropriate truncation argument and the mountain pass theorem, we prove the existence of nontrivial solutions for the above equation, provided that $\lambda$ is sufficiently large. Our results extend and improve the previous ones in the literature.

Keywords

• fractional p-laplacian
• kirchhoff equations
• local nonlinearity
• moser iteration method
• truncation argument