Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Mahnaz Bagheri

Department of Mathematics, Behshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behshahr, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of multiplicity solutions for a Dirichlet impulsive differential equation. The approach is based on variational methods.

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Keywords

• Multiple solutions
• impulsive differential equation
• Variational methods
• Critical point theory