Sobolev norms of radially symmetric oscillatory solutions for superlinear elliptic equations (Q1813441)

Let \(\Omega\) denote the unit ball in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\). For radially symmetric functions \(u:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}\) the nonlinear Dirichlet problem \(\Delta u+g(u)=0\) on \(\Omega\), \(u|_{\partial\Omega}=0\) reduces to the ODE \[ u''+{n-1\over t}u'+g(u)=0\quad\text{on } (0,1),\;u'(0)=0,\;u(1)=0. \tag{*} \] Here \(g\) is assumed to satisfy \(g(0)=0\), \(\lim_{| s|\to\infty}g(s)/s=\infty\). Moreover, \(\lim_{s\to 0}g(s)/s\) should exist. Then it is shown that the number of zeros of a nontrivial solution \(u\) of (*) gives control on the energy of \(u\) from below and from above.