Constant sign and nodal solutions for superlinear double phase problems

Abstract We consider a double phase problems with unbalanced growth and a superlinear reaction, which need not satisfy the Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition. Using variational tools and the Nehari method, we show that the Dirichlet problem has at least three nontrivial solutions, a positive solution, a negative solution and a nodal solution. The nodal solution has exactly two nodal domains.