Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Radial Solutions for Semilinear Elliptic Equations in Annular Domains
Author(s) -
Song-Sun Lin,
Feng Ming Pai
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
siam journal on mathematical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.882
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1095-7154
pISSN - 0036-1410
DOI - 10.1137/0522097
Subject(s) - multiplicity (mathematics) , mathematics , mathematical analysis , elliptic curve , pure mathematics , mathematical physics
The existence and multiplicity of positive radial solutions of equation Au +f(u) 0 is studied in annular domains in Rn, n >_- 2. It is proven that iff(0) >_- 0,f is somewhere negative in (0,) and superlinear at, then there is a large positive radial solutions on all annuli. Iff(0)< 0 and satisfies certain conditions, then the equation has no solution if the annuli are too wide. Multiplicity results are also obtained when f has many humps with positive areas.
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