Infinitely many solutions for an instantaneous and non-instantaneous fourth-order differential system with local assumptions

Abstract

We investigate a class of fourth-order differential systems with instantaneous and non-instantaneous impulses. Our technical approach is mainly based on a variant of Clark's theorem without the global assumptions. Under locally subquadratic growth conditions imposed on the nonlinear terms $f_i(t,u)$ and impulsive terms $I_i$, combined with perturbations governed by arbitrary continuous functions of small coefficient $\varepsilon$, we establish the existence of multiple small solutions. Specifically, the system exhibits infinitely many solutions in the case where $\varepsilon=0$.