Solvability of operator equations involving nonlinear perturbations of Fredholm mappings of nonnegative index and applications

Author(s):  
P. S. Milojević
1991 ◽  
Vol 118 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 237-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Heinz

SynopsisWe consider nonlinear eigenvalue problems of the form Lu + F(u) = λu in a real Hilbert space, where L is a positive self-adjoint linear operator and F is a nonlinearity vanishing to higher order at u = 0. We suppose that there are gaps in the essential spectrum of L and use critical point theory for strongly indefinite functionals to derive conditions for the existence of non-zero solutions for λ belonging to such a gap, and for the bifurcation of such solutions from the line of trivial solutions at the boundary points of a gap. The abstract results are applied to the L2-theory of semilinear elliptic partial differential equations on ℝN. We obtain existence results for the general case and bifurcation results for nonlinear perturbations of the periodic Schrödinger equation.


2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Victor N. Mizernyi ◽  
Peter I. Kogut ◽  
Tatyana N. Rudyanova
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