Nodal solutions for indefinite Robin problems (Q1712775): Difference between revisions

Given a bounded domain \(\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^N\) with a \(C^2\)-boundary, the authors study semilinear Robin problems of the form \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u(z)+\xi(z)u(z) = f(z,u(z)) &\text{in }\Omega,\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial n}+\beta(z)u=0 &\text{on }\partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] where the potential function \(\xi\) belongs to \(L^s(\Omega)\) with \(s>N\) and it has changing sign, \(f: \Omega \times \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) is a Carathéodory function of arbitrary structure outside an interval \([-c, c]\) (\(c > 0\)), odd on \([-c, c]\) and concave near zero. Using a variant of the symmetric mountain pass theorem, together with truncation, perturbation and comparison techniques, the authors prove that the problem has a whole sequence \(\{u_n\}_{n\geq 1}\) of distinct nodal solutions converging to zero in \(C^1(\overline{\Omega})\).