Quasilinear elliptic equations in R^sup N^ via variational methods and Orlicz-Sobolev embeddings

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae and/or non-USASCII text omitted; see image) In this paper we prove the existence of a nontrivial non-negative radial solution for the quasilinear elliptic problem ...where ... behaves like ... for small ... and ... for large ... and ... being ... and ... and ... the conjugate exponents, respectively, of ... and ... Our aim is to approach the problem variationally by using the tools of critical points theory in an Orlicz-Sobolev space. A multiplicity result is also given.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]