Existence of solutions for some fourth-order nonlinear elliptic problems

In this paper, we consider the existence of positive, negative and sign-changing solutions for some fourth order semilinear elliptic boundary value problems. We present new results on invariant sets of the gradient flows of the corresponding variational functionals. The structure of the invariant sets will be built into minimax procedures to construct the sign-changing solutions.     

Existence of nontrivial solutions for modified nonlinear fourth-order elliptic equations with indefinite potential

In this paper, we investigate the following modified nonlinear fourth-order elliptic equations$\{\begin{array}{cc}{\mathrm{\Delta }}^{2}u?\mathrm{\Delta }u+V(x)u?\frac{1}{2}u\mathrm{\Delta }(u^2)=g(u),\hfill & \text{in}{\mathbb{R}}^N,\hfill \\ u\in H^2({\mathbb{R}}^N)\hfill \end{array}$ where ${\mathrm{\Delta }}^2=\mathrm{\Delta }(\mathrm{\Delta })$ is the biharmonic operator, V is an indefinite potential, g grows subcritically and satisfies the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz type condition $g(t)t\ge \mu G(t)\ge 0$ with $\mu >3$. Using Morse theory, we obtain nontrivial solutions of the above equations. Our result complements recent results in [17], where g has to be 3-superlinear at infinity.     

Existence results for nonlinear elliptic problems

The existence of non-trivial solutions for nonlinear Dirichlet problems involving the p-Laplacian is investigated. In particular, an existence result of at least one non-trivial solution, without requiring any asymptotic condition on the nonlinear term either at zero or at infinity, is presented. As a consequence, also a multiplicity result is pointed out. The approach is based on a local minimum theorem for differentiable functionals.     

Sign-changing solutions for some fourth-order nonlinear elliptic problems

In this paper, we consider the existence and multiplicity of sign-changing solutions for some fourth-order nonlinear elliptic problems and some existence and multiple are obtained. The weak solutions are sought by means of sign-changing critical theorems.     

Local superlinearity and sublinearity for indefinite semilinear elliptic problems

In this paper the usual notions of superlinearity and sublinearity for semilinear problems like −Δu=f(x,u) are given a local form and extended to indefinite nonlinearities. Here f(x,s) is allowed to change sign or to vanish for s near zero as well as for s near infinity. Some of the well-known results of Ambrosetti-Brézis-Cerami are partially extended to this context.     

NontriviaL solutions of some nonlinear elliptic problems

This paper is concerned with a class of semilinear elliptic Dirichlet problems approximating degenerate equations. The aim is to prove the existence of at least 4^k?1 nontrivial solutions when the degeneration set consists of k distinct connected components     

Existence of positive bounded solutions for some nonlinear elliptic systems

We prove some existence results of positive bounded continuous solutions to the semilinear elliptic system Δu=λp(x)g(v), Δv=μq(x)f(u) in domains D with compact boundary subject to some Dirichlet conditions, where λ and μ are nonnegative parameters. The functions f,g are nonnegative continuous monotone on (0,∞) and the potentials p, q are nonnegative and satisfy some hypotheses related to the Kato class K(D).     

Combined perturbation effects for a class of nonlinear fourth-order Navier problems

We study a class of nonlinear elliptic problems with Navier boundary condition and involving the Laplace and the biharmonic operators. The main result of this paper establishes a sufficient condition for the existence of nontrivial weak solutions, in relationship with the values of a certain real parameter with respect to the principal eigenvalue of the Laplace operator.     

Existence of positive radial solutions for some nonvariational superlinear elliptic systems

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Existence of positive solutions of some nonlinear elliptic problems in unbounded domains

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions of some nonlinear elliptic problems in unbounded domains. The existence is affected by the properties of the geometry and the topology of the domain.     

Existence of infinitely many mountain pass solutions for some fourth-order boundary value problems with a parameter

In this paper, for the fourth-order boundary value problem (BVP) ,0<t<1,u(0)=u(1)=u^″(0)=u^″(1)=0, where f:[0,1]×R→R is continuous, η≤0 is a parameter, the existence of infinitely many mountain pass solutions are obtained with the variational methods and critical point theory. We prove the conclusion by combining sub-sup solution method, Mountain pass theorem in order intervals, Leray-Schauder degree theory and Morse theory.     

Existence of infinitely many solutions for sublinear elliptic problems

Let N?2 and be a bounded domain. In the present paper, we show the existence of infinity many solutions of nonlinear Dirichlet boundary value problem

     

Positive solutions of fourth-order nonlinear singular Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems

We consider the existence of positive solutions for the following fourth-order singular Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems

     

On fourth-order elliptic boundary value problems with nonmonotone nonlinear function

This paper is concerned with the fourth-order elliptic boundary value problems with nonmonotone nonlinear function. The existence and uniqueness of a solution is proven by the method of upper and lower solutions. A monotone iteration is developed so that the iteration sequence converges monotonically to a maximal solution or a minimal solution, depending on whether the initial iteration is an upper solution or a lower solution.     

Nonexistence results and estimates for some nonlinear elliptic problems

Here we study the local or global behaviour of the solutions of elliptic inequalities involving quasilinear operators of the type or . We give integral estimates and nonexistence results. They depend on properties of the supersolutions of the equationsL _A ^u=0,L _B ^v=0, which suppose weak coercivity conditions. Under stronger conditions, we give pointwise estimates in case of equalities, using Harnack properties.