On the positive solutions for semilinear elliptic equations on annular domain with non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition (Q1323168)

The authors consider the existence and the multiplicity of positive radial solutions of the equation \[ \Delta u+ f(u)=0 \quad \text{in }\Omega\tag{1} \] on the annulus \(\Omega= \{x\in\mathbb{R}^ n\): \(0<R_ 1<| x|<R_ 0\}\). They consider (1) with one of the Dirichlet boundary conditions \[ u=0 \quad \text{on}\quad | x|=R_ 1 \qquad \text{and} \qquad u=b \quad \text{on}\quad | x|=R_ 0,\tag{2} \] \[ u=b \quad \text{on} \quad | x|=R_ 1 \qquad \text{and} \qquad u=0 \quad \text{on} \quad | x|=R_ 0;\tag{3} \] here \(b>0,\) and prove that there exists a positive constant \(b^*\) such that problem (1), (2) has at least two positive radial solutions for all \(b<b^*\) and none for \(b>b^*\); a similar result also holds for (1), (3).