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Existence and comparison results for variational-hemivariational inequalities

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We consider a prototype of quasilinear elliptic variational-hemivariational inequalities involving the indicator function of some closed convex set and a locally Lipschitz functional. We provide a generalization of the fundamental notion of sub- and supersolutions on the basis of which we then develop the sub-supersolution method for variational-hemivariational inequalities. Furthermore, we give an example to illustrate the abstract theory developed in this paper.

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Carl, S. Existence and comparison results for variational-hemivariational inequalities. J Inequal Appl 2005, 402086 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1155/JIA.2005.33

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