Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2001(2001), No. 71, pp. 1-19. Title: Existence of solutions for quasilinear degenerate elliptic equations Authors: Y. Akdim (Faculte des Sciences Dhar-Mahraz, Maroc) E. Azroul (Faculte des Sciences Dhar-Mahraz, Maroc) A. Benkirane (Faculte des Sciences Dhar-Mahraz, Maroc) Abstract: In this paper, we study the existence of solutions for quasilinear degenerate elliptic equations of the form $A(u)+g(x,u,\nabla u)=h$, where $A$ is a Leray-Lions operator from $W_0^{1,p}(\Omega,w)$ to its dual. On the nonlinear term $g(x,s,\xi)$, we assume growth conditions on $\xi$, not on $s$, and a sign condition on $s$. Submitted October 16, 2001. Published November 26, 2001. Math Subject Classifications: 35J15, 35J20, 35J70. Key Words: Weighted Sobolev spaces; Hardy inequality; Quasilinear degenerate elliptic operators.