Bounded Palais-Smale sequences with Morse type information for some constrained functionals

Borthwick, Jack; Chang, Xiaojun; Jeanjean, Louis; Soave, Nicola

doi:10.1090/tran/9145

Bounded Palais-Smale sequences with Morse type information for some constrained functionals
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by Jack Borthwick, Xiaojun Chang, Louis Jeanjean and Nicola Soave

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In this paper, we study, for functionals having a minimax geometry on a constraint, the existence of bounded Palais-Smale sequences carrying Morse index type information.

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