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This Paper contains existence and multiplicity results for two different eigenvalue problems with discontinuous nonlinearities. One treats situations that are not covered by the corresponding results of K.C. Chang and P.H. Rabinowitz. The approach is based on minimax methods in nonsmooth critical point theory.
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Lefter, C., Motreanu, D. (1992). Critical Point Methods in Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems with Discontinuities. In: Barbu, V., Tiba, D., Bonnans, J.F. (eds) Optimization, Optimal Control and Partial Differential Equations. International Series of Numerical Mathematics / Internationale Schriftenreihe zur Numerischen Mathematik / Série Internationale d’Analyse Numérique, vol 107. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8625-3_3
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