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Existence and multiplicity results for semicoercive unilateral problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

D. Goeleven
Affiliation:
Département de Mathématiques FacultésUniversitaires Notre-Damede la Paix Rempart de la Vierge 8 B-5000 NamurBelgique
V.H. Nguyen
Affiliation:
Institut de Mathématique Pureet Appliquée Bâtiment Marc de Hemptinne Chemin du Cyclotron 2 B-1348, Louvain-la-NeuveBelgique
M. Willem
Affiliation:
Institut de Mathématique Pureet Appliquée Bâtiment Marc de Hemptinne Chemin du Cyclotron 2 B-1348, Louvain-la-NeuveBelgique
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In this paper, we investigate a general class of variational inequalities. Existence and multiplicity results are obtained by using minimax principles for lower semicontinuous functions due to A. Szulkin.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1994

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