Global bifurcation from intervals for the Monge-Ampère equations and its applications (Q680381)

Summary: We shall establish the global bifurcation results from the trivial solutions axis or from infinity for the Monge-Ampère equations: \(\det(D^2 u) = \lambda m(x)(- u)^N + m(x) f_1(x, - u, - u^{\prime}, \lambda) + f_2(x, - u, - u^{\prime}, \lambda)\), in \(B\), \(u(x) = 0\), on \(\partial B\), where \(D^2 u = (\partial^2 u / \partial x_i \partial x_j)\) is the Hessian matrix of \(u\), where \(B\) is the unit open ball of \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(m \in C(\overline{B}, [0, +\infty))\) is a radially symmetric weighted function and \(m(r) : = m(|x|) \not\equiv 0\) on any subinterval of \([0,1]\), \(\lambda\) is a positive parameter, and the nonlinear term \(f_1, f_2 \in C(\overline{B} \times (\mathbb{R}^+)^3, \mathbb{R}^+)\), but \(f_1\) is not necessarily differentiable at the origin and infinity with respect to \(u\), where \(\mathbb{R}^+ = [0, +\infty)\). Some applications are given to the Monge-Ampère equations and we use global bifurcation techniques to prove our main results.