An estimate on the relative Morse index for strongly indefinite functionals

We extend the Benci and Rabinowitz linking theorem to strongly indefinite functionals satisfying the Palais-Smale condition. More precisely, we show an upper estimate for a relative Morse index of critical points.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. Abbondandolo, P. Felmer, J. Molina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2001-01-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/conf-proc/06/a1/abstr.html