On semilinear elliptic equations with indefinite nonlinearities

This paper concerns semilinear elliptic equations whose nonlinear term has the formW(x)f(u) whereW changes sign. We study the existence of positive solutions and their multiplicity. The important role played by the negative part ofW is contained in a condition which is shown to be necessary for homogeneousf. More general existence questions are also discussed.Supported in part by NSF grant DMS9003149.     

Existence of nonnegative solutions for a class of semilinear elliptic systems with indefinite weight

We prove the existence of nonnegative solutions to the system

     

Multiplicity and bifurcation of positive solutions for nonhomogeneous semilinear elliptic problems

In this paper we consider the following problem

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Existence and multiplicity of solutions for Neumann problems

In this paper we examine semilinear and nonlinear Neumann problems with a nonsmooth locally Lipschitz potential function. Using variational methods based on the nonsmooth critical point theory, for the semilinear problem we prove a multiplicity result under conditions of double resonance at higher eigenvalues. Our proof involves a nonsmooth extension of the reduction method due to Castro-Lazer-Thews. The nonlinear problem is driven by the p-Laplacian. So first we make some observations about the beginning of the spectrum of (−Δp,W1,p(Z)). Then we prove an existence and multiplicity result. The existence result permits complete double resonance. The multiplicity result specialized in the semilinear case (i.e. p=2) corresponds to the super-sub quadratic situation.     

Concentrating solutions for a planar elliptic problem involving nonlinearities with large exponent

We consider the boundary value problem Δu+up=0 in a bounded, smooth domain Ω in R² with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition and p a large exponent. We find topological conditions on Ω which ensure the existence of a positive solution up concentrating at exactly m points as p→∞. In particular, for a nonsimply connected domain such a solution exists for any given m?1.     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions for semilinear hemivariational inequalities at resonance

In this paper we study semilinear hemivariational inequalities at resonance. Assuming a partially anticoercive nonsmooth potential we prove an existence and a multiplicity theorem. The method of the proof is variational and in the multiplicity result, we employ the nonsmooth local linking theorem.     

Existence results for semilinear elliptic variational inequalities with changing sign nonlinearities

In this paper we present some existence results for a class of semilinear elliptic variational inequalities, depending on a real parameter λ, with changing sign nonlinearities. The fundamental tool to prove the existence result is a penalization method combined with the Mountain Pass Theorem and the Linking Theorem, respectively in the case λ < λ ₁ and λ ≥ λ ₁, where λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the uniformly elliptic operator A involved in the variational inequality.     

Four versus two solutions of semilinear elliptic boundary value problems

This paper concerns the existence of four (or six) solutions of semilinear elliptic boundary value problems provided that two disorderly solutions are known. The results are obtained under very generic conditions. Received: 26 August 2000 / Accepted: 23 February 2001 / Published online: 23 July 2001     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions for elliptic problems with indefinite discontinuous nonlinearities

In this paper we study the critical points for a locally Lipschitz functional that in some sense will be solutions of an elliptic problem with indefinite discontinuous nonlinearities. We should mention that our results were inspired by the work of Ambrosetti-Badiale [3], Arcoya-Calahorrano [5], Alama-Tarantello [1] and Chang [8]. For the problem studied in [3] we introduce indefinite nonlinearities as in [1] and [6]. To obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions we use the critical points theory developed by Chang. Applications for Plasma Physics are considered with nonlinearities that change sign. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Multiple solutions for a class of quasilinear elliptic problems with discontinuous nonlinearities and weights

In this paper, using nonsmooth critical point theory, we study the existence of multiple solutions of the following class of problems:

     

On indefinite superlinear elliptic equations

This paper concerns semilinear elliptic equations of the form – u+m(x)u=a(x)u ^p , wherea changes sign. We discuss the question of existence of positive solutions when the linear part is not coercive.This article was processed by the author using the LATEX style file pljourlm from Springer-Verlag.