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Existence of non-trivial solutions for systems of n fourth order partial differential equations

  • Shapour Heidarkhani EMAIL logo
From the journal Mathematica Slovaca

Abstract

In this paper, employing a very recent local minimum theorem for differentiable functionals due to Bonanno, the existence of at least one nontrivial solution for a class of systems of n fourth order partial differential equations coupled with Navier boundary conditions is established.

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