Multiple positive solutions to elliptic boundary blow-up problems

Autor: Alberto Boscaggin, Walter Dambrosio, Duccio Papini
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Differential Equations. 262:5990-6017
ISSN: 0022-0396
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2017.02.025
Popis: We prove the existence of multiple positive radial solutions to the sign-indefinite elliptic boundary blow-up problem { Δ u + ( a + ( | x | ) − μ a − ( | x | ) ) g ( u ) = 0 , | x | 1 , u ( x ) → ∞ , | x | → 1 , where g is a function superlinear at zero and at infinity, a + and a − are the positive/negative part, respectively, of a sign-changing function a and μ > 0 is a large parameter. In particular, we show how the number of solutions is affected by the nodal behavior of the weight function a . The proof is based on a careful shooting-type argument for the equivalent singular ODE problem. As a further application of this technique, the existence of multiple positive radial homoclinic solutions to Δ u + ( a + ( | x | ) − μ a − ( | x | ) ) g ( u ) = 0 , x ∈ R N , is also considered.
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