Positive solutions for nonlinear nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problems with concave-convex nonlinearities (Q346425)

In this paper are studied problems \(\displaystyle -\operatorname{div} a(\nabla u) =f(x,u,\lambda)\) in \(\Omega \), \(\displaystyle u=0\) on \(\partial\Omega\), where \(\Omega\) is a bounded, \(C^{1,\alpha}\)-domain in \(\mathbb{R}^N\). While the left hand side can be quite general, to include for example \(p\)-Laplacian or generalized \(p\)-mean curvature operators, the reaction term is assumed to combine competing concave-convex nonlinearities. The authors use variational methods combined with truncation and comparison techniques to prove a general bifurcation theorem regarding such problems.