scholarly journals Global bifurcation and exact multiplicity of positive solutions for the one-dimensional Minkowski-curvature problem with sign-changing nonlinearity

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3267-3284
Author(s):  
Shao-Yuan Huang ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongliang Gao ◽  
Jing Xu

AbstractIn this paper, we consider the bifurcation curves and exact multiplicity of positive solutions of the one-dimensional Minkowski-curvature equation $$ \textstyle\begin{cases} - (\frac{u'}{\sqrt{1-u^{\prime \,2}}} )'=\lambda f(u), &x\in (-L,L), \\ u(-L)=0=u(L), \end{cases} $$ { − ( u ′ 1 − u ′ 2 ) ′ = λ f ( u ) , x ∈ ( − L , L ) , u ( − L ) = 0 = u ( L ) , where λ and L are positive parameters, $f\in C[0,\infty ) \cap C^{2}(0,\infty )$ f ∈ C [ 0 , ∞ ) ∩ C 2 ( 0 , ∞ ) , and $f(u)>0$ f ( u ) > 0 for $0< u< L$ 0 < u < L . We give the precise description of the structure of the bifurcation curves and obtain the exact number of positive solutions of the above problem when f satisfies $f''(u)>0$ f ″ ( u ) > 0 and $uf'(u)\geq f(u)+\frac{1}{2}u^{2}f''(u)$ u f ′ ( u ) ≥ f ( u ) + 1 2 u 2 f ″ ( u ) for $0< u< L$ 0 < u < L . In two different cases, we obtain that the above problem has zero, exactly one, or exactly two positive solutions according to different ranges of λ. The arguments are based upon a detailed analysis of the time map.


2007 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
pp. 701-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK HABETS ◽  
PIERPAOLO OMARI

We discuss existence, non-existence and multiplicity of positive solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the one-dimensional prescribed curvature equation [Formula: see text] in connection with the changes of concavity of the function f. The proofs are based on an upper and lower solution method, we specifically develop for this problem, combined with a careful analysis of the time-map associated with some related autonomous equations.


Author(s):  
Inbo Sim ◽  
Satoshi Tanaka

Employing the Kolodner–Coffman method, we show the exact multiplicity of positive solutions for the one-dimensional p-Laplacian that is subject to a Dirichlet boundary condition with a positive convex nonlinearity and an indefinite weight function.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ruyun Ma ◽  
Chunjie Xie ◽  
Abubaker Ahmed

We use the quadrature method to show the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions of the boundary value problems involving one-dimensional p-Laplacian u′t|p−2u′t′+λfut=0, t∈0,1, u(0)=u(1)=0, where p∈(1,2], λ∈(0,∞) is a parameter, f∈C1([0,r),[0,∞)) for some constant r>0, f(s)>0 in (0,r), and lims→r-(r-s)p-1f(s)=+∞.


2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Coelho ◽  
Chiara Corsato ◽  
Franco Obersnel ◽  
Pierpaolo Omari

AbstractWe discuss existence and multiplicity of positive solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the quasilinear ordinary differential equation.Depending on the behaviour of f = f (t, s) near s = 0, we prove the existence of either one, or two, or three, or infinitely many positive solutions. In general, the positivity of f is not required. All results are obtained by reduction to an equivalent non-singular problem to which variational or topological methods apply in a classical fashion.


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