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In this note we consider a class of semilinear elliptic variational inequalities on H 1(Ω) space. With the aid of the mountain-pass principle and the Ekeland variational principle we prove the existence of solutions.
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Chabrowski, J.H. On the existence of a solution to a class of variational inequalities. Ricerche mat. 60, 333–350 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11587-011-0110-4
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