Existence and qualitative properties of solutions for nonlinear Dirichlet problems
Author(s) -
Alfonso Castro,
Jorge Cossío,
Carlos Vélez
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
discrete and continuous dynamical systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.289
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1553-5231
pISSN - 1078-0947
DOI - 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.123
Subject(s) - saddle point , sign (mathematics) , mathematics , morse code , nonlinear system , a priori and a posteriori , saddle , dirichlet distribution , degree (music) , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics , mathematical optimization , computer science , physics , geometry , boundary value problem , telecommunications , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics , acoustics
sign-changing solutions to semilinear elliptic problems in connection with their Morse indices. To this end, we first establish a priori bounds for one-sign solutions. Secondly, using abstract saddle point principles we find large augmented Morse index solutions. In this part, extensive use is made of critical groups, Morse index arguments, Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction, and Leray-Schauder degree. Finally, we provide conditions under which these solutions necessarily change sign and we comment about further qualitative properties.
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