Large amplitude solutions to some nonlinear boundary value problems via dual variational methods (Q1813341)

The author considers a boundary value problem \((1) -(f(t,u'))'=g(t,u)+h\), \((2) u(0)=u(\pi)=0\). The functions \(f,g,h\) are continuous on the set \([0,\pi]\times R^ 1\); \([0,\pi]\times R^ 1\), \([0,\pi]\), respectively; \(f,g\) are strictly increasing and odd with respect to \(y\) for every \(t\), \[ \lim_{y\to\infty}{f(t,y)\over y^{p-1}}=a(t)>a_ 0>0,\quad\lim_{y\to\infty}{g(t,y)\over y^{q-1}}=b(t)>b_ 0>0 \] for all \(t\in[0,\pi]\), where \(p,q\) satisfy \(1<p<q\leq 2\), \[ {\partial g(t,y)\over\partial z}\geq{c_ 1\over 1+| y|^{2-q}},\quad t\in[0,\pi], y\in R^ 1. \] Theorem. Let the condition \((3p-2)(q-1)<2(q- p)\) be satisfied. Then given an arbitrary number \(d>0\), there exists a solution \(u\) of (1), (2) satisfying \(\max\{u(t)\mid t\in[0,\pi]\}>d\).