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Bifurcation for variational inequalities with strongly indefinite quadratic part. (English) Zbl 1150.58303

Summary: We study the existence of bifurcation points for variational inequalities with strongly indefinite quadratic part. We use a nonsmooth variational framework. An application to an elliptic system with an obstacle is given.

MSC:

58E07 Variational problems in abstract bifurcation theory in infinite-dimensional spaces
35J85 Unilateral problems; variational inequalities (elliptic type) (MSC2000)
35B32 Bifurcations in context of PDEs
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