Analysis of a one-dimensional prescribed mean curvature equation with singular nonlinearity

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2012.04.025zbMATH Open1251.34055arXiv1201.5432OpenAlexW2963977320MaRDI QIDQ435085FDOQ435085

Authors: Nicholas D. Brubaker, John A. Pelesko 

Publication date: 16 July 2012

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the classical solution set ({lambda},u), for {lambda}>0, of a one-dimensional prescribed mean curvature equation on the interval [-L,L]. It is shown that the solution set depends on the two parameters, {lambda} and L, and undergoes two bifurcations. The first is a standard saddle node bifurcation, which happens for all L at {lambda} = {lambda}*(L). The second is a splitting bifurcation; specifically, there exists a value L* such that as L transitions from greater than or equal L* to less than L* the upper branch of the bifurcation diagram splits into two parts. In contrast, the solution set of the semilinear version of the prescribed mean curvature equation is independent of L and exhibits only a saddle node bifurcation. Therefore, as this analysis suggests, the splitting bifurcation is a byproduct of the mean curvature operator coupled with the singular nonlinearity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5432

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zbMATH Keywords

MEMSprescribed mean curvaturetime mapdisappearing solutionsfinite-singularity forcingsplitting bifurcation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary eigenvalue problems for ordinary differential equations (34B09) Bifurcation theory for ordinary differential equations (34C23)

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