Bifurcation of Gradient Mappings Possessing the Palais-Smale Condition
Author(s) -
Elliot Tonkes
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of mathematics and mathematical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1687-0425
pISSN - 0161-1712
DOI - 10.1155/2011/564930
Subject(s) - mathematics , bifurcation , sobolev space , mathematical analysis , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , nonlinear system , class (philosophy) , operator (biology) , exponent , pure mathematics , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , repressor , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , transcription factor , gene
This paper considers bifurcation at the principal eigenvalue of a class of gradient operators which possess the Palais-Smale condition. The existence of the bifurcation branch and the asymptotic nature of the bifurcation is verified by using the compactness in the Palais Smale condition and the order of the nonlinearity in the operator. The main result is applied to estimate the asyptotic behaviour of solutions to a class of semilinear elliptic equations with a critical Sobolev exponent
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