On the time map of a nonlinear two point boundary value problem (Q1314611)

The bifurcation of the time map of positive solutions of the nonlinear two-point boundary value problem \(u''(x)+ f(u(x))= 0\), \(x\in [- L, L]\), \(u(- L)= u(L)= 0\) for \(f(u)= -(u- a)(u- b)(u- c)\) satisfying \(0\leq a< b< c\) and \(c> 2b- a\), is studied. Under additional assumptions on the polynomial \(f\) the time map not only has exactly one critical point, a minimum, but is also a strictly convex function.