The Liouville-Bratu-Gelfand problem for radial operators (Q701078)

The authors consider the Liouville-Bratu-Gelfand problem \[ r^{-\gamma} \bigl(r^\alpha|u'|^\beta u'\bigr)'+ \lambda e^u=0,\;r\in (0,1), \quad u>0,\quad u'(0)=u(1)=0, \tag{P} \] with \(\alpha\geq 0\), \(\gamma+1> \alpha\), \(\beta+1>0\). Let \(\xi=\gamma+ 1-\alpha\), \(\delta={\gamma +\beta-\alpha+ 2\over \xi}\). They prove the following results: (I) If \(\alpha-\beta-1 \leq 0\), then there exists a unique \(\lambda^*>0\) such that (P) has exactly one solution for \(\lambda= \lambda^*\) and exactly two solutions for \(0<\lambda< \lambda^*\); (II) If \(0<\alpha -\beta-1< {4\delta\xi \over\beta+1}\), then (P) has a continuum of solutions which oscillate around the line \((\alpha-\beta -1) (\delta\xi)^{\beta+1}\), with the amplitude of oscillations tending to zero as \(\|u\|\to \infty\); (III) If \(\alpha-\beta-1\geq{4\delta \xi \over \beta+1}\), then (P) has a unique solution for each \(\lambda \in (0,(\alpha- \beta -1) (\delta\xi)^{\beta+1})\), and no solution for \(\lambda> (\alpha-\beta-1) (\delta\xi)^{\beta+1}\). Moreover, \(\|u\|\to\infty\) as \(\lambda\to (\alpha- \beta-1) (\delta\xi)^{\beta+1}\).