Nodal and multiple solutions for a nonhomogeneous Neumann boundary problem

Abstract

We consider a nonlinear Neumann problem driven by a $p$-Laplacian-type, nonhomogeneous elliptic differential operator and a Carath\'eodory reaction term. In this paper we prove the existence of two extremal constant sign smooth solutions and a nontrivial nodal smooth solution. In the proof we use variational methods with truncation techniques, critical point theory and Morse theory (critical groups).