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Multiple solutions for semilinear elliptic problems

Part of: Elliptic equations and systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Martin Schechter
Martin Schechter
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3875, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A method of finding critical points in a half space is developed. It is then applied to the study of semilinear boundary value problems, and used to determine conditions which lead to multiple non-trivial solutions.

MSC classification

Secondary: 35J65: Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 47 , Issue 1-2 , December 2000 , pp. 307 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 2000

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