TY - JOUR ID - BenAli2017 LB - BenAli2017 AU - Ben Ali, Khaled AU - Ghanmi, Abdeljabbar AU - Kefi, Khaled TI - On the Steklov problem involving the p(x)-Laplacian with indefinite weight ST - On the Steklov problem involving the p(x)-Laplacian with indefinite weight JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2017 VL - 37 IS - 6 SP - 779 EP - 794 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2017.37.6.779 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2017.37.6.779 AB - Under suitable assumptions, we study the existence of a weak nontrivial solution for the following Steklov problem involving the \(p(x)\)-Laplacian \[\begin{cases}\Delta_{p(x)}u=a(x)|u|^{p(x)-2}u \quad \text{in }\Omega, \\ |\nabla u|^{p(x)-2}\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}=\lambda V(x)|u|^{q(x)-2}u \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega.\end{cases}\] Our approach is based on min-max method and Ekeland's variational principle. KW - \(p(x)\)-Laplace operator KW - Steklov problem KW - variable exponent Sobolev spaces KW - variational methods KW - Ekeland's variational principle SN - 1232-9274 ER -