Picone's Identity for $p$-biharmonic operator and Its Applications

Abstract

In this article we prove the nonlinear analogue of Picone's identity for $p-$biharmonic operator. As an application of our result we show that the Morse index of the zero solution to a $p-$biharmonic boundary value problem is $0$. We also prove a Hardy type inequality and Sturmian comparison principle. We also show the strict monotonicity of the principle eigenvalue and linear relationship between the solutions of a system of singular $p$-biharmonic system.

9 pages