Some remarks on the stability of sign changing solutions (Q1897778)

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Some remarks on the stability of sign changing solutions
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    Some remarks on the stability of sign changing solutions (English)
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    19 May 1996
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    This paper deals with the study of the stability properties of the changing sign solutions of the problems: \[ - \Delta u= h(u)\quad\text{in}\quad D,\quad u= 0\quad\text{on}\quad \partial D,\quad\text{or}\quad {\partial u\over \partial n}= 0\quad\text{on}\quad \partial D, \] \[ - \varepsilon^2 \Delta u= h(u)\quad\text{in}\quad D,\quad u= 0\quad\text{on}\quad \partial D,\quad\text{or}\quad {\partial u\over \partial n}= 0\quad\text{on}\quad \partial D, \] where \(D\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) \((n\geq 2)\) with regular boundary, \(\varepsilon> 0\) and \(h: \mathbb{R}^1\to \mathbb{R}^1\) is defined by \[ h(u)= \begin{cases} \alpha u- \alpha u^2\quad & \text{if}\quad u\geq 0\\ du+ u^2\quad & \text{if} \quad u\leq 0\end{cases} \] where \(\alpha> 0\). By stability is meant stability for the natural corresponding parabolic problem. The instability of many sign changing solutions is proved. A number of methods are found for obtaining stable changing sign solutions. Some of these methods involve singular perturbations.
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    instability
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    singular perturbations
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