Existence results for Tzitzéica equation via topological degree method on graphs

Abstract

We derive some existence results for the solutions of the Tzitzéica equation \begin{equation*} -Δu + h_1(x)e^{Au} + h_2(x)e^{-Bu}=0 \end{equation*} and the generalized Tzitzéica equation \begin{equation*} -Δu + h_1(x)e^{Au}(e^{Au}-1)+h_2(x)e^{-Bu}(e^{-Bu}-1)=0 \end{equation*} on any connected finite graph \(G=(V, E)\). Here, \(h_1(x)>0\), \(h_2(x)>0\) are two given functions on \(V\), and \(A, B>0\) are two constants. Our approach involves computing the topological degree and using the connection between the degree and the critical group of an associated functional.

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