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Non-trivial solutions of elliptic equations at resonance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Klaus Thews
Klaus Thews
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Mathematisches Seminar der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40–60, D-2300 Kiel, B.R.D.
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Synopsis

In this paper we show that Dirichlet problems at resonance, being of the type −Δu(x) = λku(x) + g(u(x)), x є G, u(x) = 0 for x є ∂G, g(−u) = −g(u), admit multiple non-trivial solutions provided the non-linearity interacts in some sense with the spectrum of −Δ. In contrast to other work on this subject we deal with the case that g(u) is very small for large arguments, for instance g(u) = 0 for |u| large. On the other hand if and g satisfies a certain concavity condition at 0 the existence of infinitely many solutions is shown independent of the asymptotic behaviour of g.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 85 , Issue 1-2 , 1980 , pp. 119 - 129
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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