Multiplicity of positive radially symmetric solutions for a quasilinear biharmonic equation in the plane (Q622403)

The following boundary value problem for a two-dimensional quasilinear biharmonic equation \[ \begin{cases} \Delta (|\Delta u|^{p-2} \Delta u) = \lambda g(x)f(u), &x \in B_1, \\ u = 0, & x \in \partial B_1, \\ \Delta u = 0, &x \in \partial B_1 \end{cases} \] is considered, where \(B_1\) is the unit ball in \({\mathbb R}^2\), \(p>1\), \(\lambda>0\) is a parameter, \(g\) is a radially symmetric continuous function and \(f\) is positive, continuous and nondecreasing on \([0,\infty)\). A threshold \(\lambda^* \in (0,\infty)\) is found such that, if \(\lambda>\lambda_*\), then the problem has no positive radially symmetric solution; while if \(0<\lambda \leq \lambda^*\), then the problem has at least one positive radially symmetric solution. Moreover, there exist at least two positive radially symmetric solutions for \(0<\lambda<\lambda^*\).