Perturbations of nonlinear eigenvalue problems

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Abstract: We consider perturbations of nonlinear eigenvalue problems driven by a nonhomogeneous differential operator plus an indefinite potential. We consider both sublinear and superlinear perturbations and we determine how the set of positive solutions changes as the real parameter lambda varies. We also show that there exists a minimal positive solution overlineulambda and determine the monotonicity and continuity properties of the map lambdamapstooverlineulambda. Special attention is given to the particular case of the p-Laplacian.


Given a bounded domain $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^N$ with a $C^2$-boundary $\partial\Omega$, the authors study the existence of weak solutions of the following nonlinear nonhomogeneous parametric Robin problem \[ \begin{cases} -\operatorname{div} a(D u(z))+\xi(z)u(z)^{p-1}=\lambda u(z)^{p-1}+f(z,u(z)) &\text{in }\Omega,\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial n_a}+\beta(z)u^{p-1}=0 &\text{on }\partial \Omega, \\ u>0, \ 1<p<\infty, \end{cases} \] where $-\operatorname{div}a(D(\cdot))$ is a nonhomogeneous operator described by the map $a:\mathbb{R}^N\to\mathbb{R}^N$ which is continuous, strictly monotone and satisifies some other regularity and growth conditions, the potential function $\xi \in L^\infty(\Omega)$ is indefinite, that is, sign changing and $\beta \in C^{0,\alpha}(\partial\Omega)$ with $\alpha \in (0,1)$ and $\beta(z)\geq 0$ for all $z \in \partial \Omega$. Moreover, the parameter $\lambda$ is positive and to be specified and the nonlinearity $f:\Omega\times \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is a Carathéodory function. \par The authors consider both the sublinear and the superlinear case concerning $f$ and determine how the set of positive solutions changes as the real parameter $\lambda$ varies. In addition, it is shown that there exists a minimal positive solution $\overline{u}_\lambda$ and the monotonicity and continuity properties of the map $\lambda \mapsto \overline{u}_\lambda$ are studied as well.



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