AbstractIn this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions of a second-order delayed differential system, in which the weight functions may change sign. To prove our main results, we apply Krasnosel’skii’s fixed point theorems in cones.
We prove the existence of at least three weak solutions for the fourth-order problem with indefinite weight involving the Leray–Lions operator with nonstandard growth conditions. The proof of our main result uses variational methods and the critical theorem of Bonanno and Marano [Appl. Anal. 89 (2010) 1–10].