A symmetry-breaking problem in the annulus |
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| Authors: | Xabier Garaizar |
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| Affiliation: | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences , New York University , New York, New York, 10012 |
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| Abstract: | We study questions of degeneracy and bifurcation for radial solutions of the semilinear elliptic equation ?u(x) + f(u(x)) = 0, x isin; [math001], [math001]an annulus in Rn, with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. For certain nonlinearities f(u), we prove existence of degenerate radial solutions u (for which the kernel of the linearized operator Lz = ?z + [math001](u)z, z isin; C2We study questions of degeneracy and bifurcation for radial solutions of the semilinear elliptic equation ?u(x) + f(u(x)) = 0, x isin; [math001], [math001]an annulus in Rn, with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. For certain nonlinearities f(u), we prove existence of degenerate radial solutions u (for which the kernel of the linearized operator Lz = ?z + [math001](u)z, z isin; C2$0([math001]), is non-trivial) and existence of nonradial solutions for the semi-linear equation. These nonradial (asymmetric) solutions are obtained via a bifurcation procedure from the radial (symmetric) ones. This phenomena is called symmetry-breaking. The bifurcation results are proved by a Conley index argument |
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| Keywords: | Symmetry-breaking annulus elliptic |
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