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Kirchhoff-type equations involving the Fractional $(p,q)-$Laplacian

Analysis of PDEs 2025-08-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence and nonexistence of solutions for the following Kirchhoff-type fractional (p-q)(p\text{-}q)-Laplacian problem: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} M\left([u]^p_{p,s_1}\right)(-\Delta)^{s_1}_p u + M\left([u]^q_{q,s_2}\right)(-\Delta)^{s_2}_q u = \lambda\big[a(x)|u|^{p-2}u + b(x)|u|^{q-2}u\big] + h(x), & \text{in } \Omega, \\ u = 0, & \text{on } \mathbb{R}^N \setminus \Omega, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where ΩRN\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N (N1N \geq 1) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, 0<s1<s2<10 < s_1 < s_2 < 1, and s1p<Ns_1 p < N. We assume 1<qp<θp<ps1:=NpNs1p1 < q \leq p < \theta p < p^{*}_{s_1} := \dfrac{Np}{N - s_1 p}, and λR\lambda \in \mathbb{R}. The functions a(x),b(x)a(x), b(x), and h(x)h(x) are non-negative, with a,bL(Ω)a, b \in L^\infty(\Omega) and hLq(Ω)h \in L^q(\Omega). Using variational methods, we establish the existence of at least two weak solutions. The first solution is obtained via the direct minimization of the associated energy functional, and the second is obtained by applying the Mountain Pass Theorem. We also prove a nonexistence result for small values of the parameter λ>0\lambda > 0.

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@article{arxiv.2508.16281,
  title  = {Kirchhoff-type equations involving the Fractional $(p,q)-$Laplacian},
  author = {Lisbeth Carrero and Pedro Hernández-Llanos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.16281},
  year   = {2025}
}