On S-shaped bifurcation curves for multiparameter positone problems (Q1344024)

This paper is devoted to the study of the existence of multiple positive solutions of the two-point boundary value problem \(-U''(x)= \lambda f(U(x))\), \(0< x< 1\), \(U(0)= 0= U(1)+ \alpha U'(1)\), where \(\lambda> 0\), \(\alpha> 0\), and \(f\) is a smooth function with \(f> 0\) on \([0,r]\) for some \(r\in (0,+\infty)\). The authors consider the case when \(f\) is initially convex and then concave. Finally, they apply their results to nonlinearities arising in combustion theory and in chemical theory.