International Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Open Access
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

The Dirichlet Problem for a Class of Quasilinear Elliptic Equation1

  • Author:
  • Pengcheng Niu, Zixia Yuan
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 43 to 50

Department of Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P.R. China. Email: yzx8047@yahoo.com.cn

AMS subject classification: 35J65, 35D05.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study solutions in for Dirichlet problem of p-Laplace equations (1 < pn) with nonhomogeneous term. Using the explicit construction of local barrier functions and Perron method, we prove the existence of solutions under the condition that the boundary of the domain possesses positive mean curvature.

Keywords

p-Laplace equation, Dirichlet problem, barrier function, supersolution and subsolution