TY - JOUR
T1 - Global bifurcation for 2mth-order boundary value problems and infinitely many solutions of superlinear problems
AU - Rynne, Bryan P.
PY - 2003/3/1
Y1 - 2003/3/1
N2 - We consider the boundary value problem Lu(x) = p(x)u(x) + g(x, u(0)(x),...,u(2m-1)(x))u(x), x?(0,p), (*) where (i) L is a 2mth order, self-adjoint, disconjugate ordinary differential operator on [0, p], together with separated boundary conditions at 0 and p; (ii) p is continuous and p = 0 on [0, p], while p ? 0 on any interval in [0, p]; (iii) g: [0, p] × R2m ?R is continuous and there exist increasing functions ?u, ?l : [0, 8) ? [0, 8) such that with limt?8 ?l(t) = 8 (the non-linear term in (*) is superlinear as u(x) ? 8). We obtain a global bifurcation result for a related bifurcation problem. We then use this to obtain infinitely many solutions of (*) having specified nodal properties. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
AB - We consider the boundary value problem Lu(x) = p(x)u(x) + g(x, u(0)(x),...,u(2m-1)(x))u(x), x?(0,p), (*) where (i) L is a 2mth order, self-adjoint, disconjugate ordinary differential operator on [0, p], together with separated boundary conditions at 0 and p; (ii) p is continuous and p = 0 on [0, p], while p ? 0 on any interval in [0, p]; (iii) g: [0, p] × R2m ?R is continuous and there exist increasing functions ?u, ?l : [0, 8) ? [0, 8) such that with limt?8 ?l(t) = 8 (the non-linear term in (*) is superlinear as u(x) ? 8). We obtain a global bifurcation result for a related bifurcation problem. We then use this to obtain infinitely many solutions of (*) having specified nodal properties. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-0396(02)00146-8
DO - 10.1016/S0022-0396(02)00146-8
M3 - Literature review
SN - 0022-0396
VL - 188
SP - 461
EP - 472
JO - Journal of Differential Equations
JF - Journal of Differential Equations
IS - 2
ER -