On the minimal solution for some variational inequalities

Abstract Applying an asymptotic method, the existence of the minimal solution to some variational elliptic inequalities defined on bounded or unbounded domains is established. The minimal solution is obtained as limit of solutions to some classical variational inequalities defined on domains becoming unbounded when some parameter tends to infinity. The considered quasilinear operators are only monotone (not strictly) and noncoercive. Some related comparison principles are also investigated.