A class of variational–hemivariational inequalities of elliptic type

This paper is devoted to the existence of solutions for variational–hemivariational inequalities of elliptic type, with a higher order quasilinear principal part, at resonance as well as at nonresonance. The approach relies on the use of pseudomonotone operators. By means of the notion of Clarke's generalized gradient and the properties of the first eigenfunction of the quasilinear principal part, we also build a Landesman–Lazer theory in the nonsmooth framework of variational–hemivariational inequalities of elliptic type