Positive solutions and bifurcation phenomena for nonlinear elliptic equations of logistic type: The superdiffusive case

  • Michael E. Filippakis
  • , Donal O. Regan
  • , Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou
  • , Donal O'Regan

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Abstract

We consider a nonlinear elliptic equation of logistic type, driven by the p-Laplacian differential operator with a general superdiffusive reaction. We show that the equation exhibits a bifurcation phenomenon. Namely there is a critical value λ* of the parameter λ < 0, such that, if λ < λ, the equation has two nontrivial positive smooth solutions, if λ = λ*, then there is one positive solution and finally if λ ε (0, λ*), then there is no positive solution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1507-1527
Number of pages21
JournalCommunications on Pure and Applied Analysis
Volume9
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2010

Keywords

  • Comparison principle
  • Linking sets
  • Mountain pass theorem
  • P-Laplacian
  • Superdiffusive reaction
  • Truncation techniques
  • Upper-lower solutions

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  • Filippakis, ME;O'Regan, D;Papageorgiou, NS

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