Connected set of solutions from a continuation theorem on open sets (Q6907299)

From the authors' abstract: It complements Theorem 3.5 of \textit{P. H. Rabinowitz} [J. Funct. Anal. 7, 487--513 (1971; Zbl 0212.16504)], principally, by showing existence of a connected set of solutions for problems that not necessarily have a priori boundedness of solutions. Additionally, it provides additional insight to Theorem 2.2 of \textit{D. Arcoya} et al. [J. Funct. Anal. 268, No. 8, 2298--2335 (2015; Zbl 1322.35025)] in at least two directions: first by requiring just that the solution from which emanates a connected set of solutions should be isolated instead of unique, and second by assuming that the operator is defined just on open subsets of the parameter-working space. We apply this new result to establish existence of connected branches of strongly-positive classical solutions for Dirichlet problems headed by quasilinear Schrödinger (Theorem 2) and Carrier-type (Theorem 3) operators. A fine qualitative study about these connected branches is presented as well.