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Superlinear problems involving nonlinear superposition operators of mixed fractional order

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-28 v1

Abstract

In this work, we study a class of elliptic problems involving nonlinear superpositions of fractional operators of the form Aμ,pu:=[0,1](Δ)psudμ(s), A_{\mu,p}u := \int_{[0,1]} (-\Delta)_{p}^{s} u \, d\mu(s), where μ\mu is a signed measure on [0,1][0,1], coupled with nonlinearities of superlinear type. Our analysis covers a variety of superlinear growth assumptions, beginning with the classical Ambrosetti--Rabinowitz condition. Within this framework, we construct a suitable variational setting and apply the Fountain Theorem to establish the existence of infinitely many weak solutions. The results obtained are novel even in the special cases of superpositions of fractional pp-Laplacians, or combinations of the fractional pp-Laplacian with the pp-Laplacian. More generally, our approach applies to finite sums of fractional pp-Laplacians with different orders, as well as to operators in which fractional Laplacians appear with ``wrong'' signs. A distinctive contribution of the paper lies in providing a unified variational framework that systematically accommodates this broad class of operators.

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@article{arxiv.2509.00817,
  title  = {Superlinear problems involving nonlinear superposition operators of mixed fractional order},
  author = {Souvik Bhowmick and Sekhar Ghosh and Vishvesh Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.00817},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages