Multiplicity and uniqueness of positive solutions for a superlinear-singular $(p,q)$-Laplacian equation on locally finite graphs

Abstract

We investigate the multiplicity and uniqueness of positive solutions for the superlinear singular $(p,q)$-Laplacian equation \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{cases} -\Delta_p u-\Delta_q u+a(x)u^{p-1}+b(x)u^{q-1}=f(x)u^{-\gamma}+\lambda g(x)u^{\alpha}, \;\;\;\;\hfill \mbox{in}\;\; V,\\ u>0,\;\;u\in W_a^{1,p}(V) \cap W_b^{1,q}(V), \end{cases} \end{eqnarray*} on a weighted locally finite graph $G=(V,E)$, where $0<\gamma<1<q\leq p<\alpha+1$, $\lambda$ is a parameter, the potential functions $a(x)$ and $b(x)$ satisfy some suitable conditions, $f>0, g \geq 0$, $f\in L^1(V)\cap L^{\frac{p}{p-1+\gamma}}(V) \cap L^{\frac{q}{q-1+\gamma}}(V)$ and $g\in L^1(V)\cap L^\infty(V)$. By making use of the method of Nehari manifold and the Ekeland's variational principle, we prove that there exist two positive solutions for $\lambda$ belonging to some precise interval. Besides, we also investigate the existence and uniqueness of positive solution for $\lambda<0$. We overcome some difficulties which are caused by: $(i)$ the singular term; $(ii)$ the definition of gradient $|\nabla u|$ on graph which is different from that on $\mathbb{R}^N$; $(iii)$ the lack of compactness of Sobolev embedding.