Existence and exact multiplicity of positive radial solutions of semilinear elliptic problems in annuli.

Publication date 4 February 2002

Published in Advances in Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

annular domains elliptic equations exact multiplicity existence of solutions

Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations (35J65) Nonlinear eigenvalue problems and nonlinear spectral theory for PDEs (35P30)

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The author studies the existence, nonexistence and exact multiplicity of positive radial solutions of the equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINE -\Delta u = f(u) \quad\text{in}\quad B(R_1,R)=\{x\in{\mathbb R}^n: R_1<| x| <R \} \leqno(*) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(n\geq 3\), \(R_1>0\) is fixed, and \(f(t)=t^p-t^q\) where \(1<p<q\) and \(p\leq (n+2)/(n-2)\). The two main results are the following.NEWLINENEWLINE(i) For the boundary condition \(u=0\) on \(\partial B(R_1,R)\) there exist \(R_0\geq \tilde R > R_1\) such that \((*)\) has exactly two positive radial solutions if \(R>R_0\) and no such solution if \(R<\tilde R\).NEWLINENEWLINE(ii) For the boundary condition \(u=0\) on \(| x| =R_1\) and \(\partial u/\partial\nu=0\) on \(| x| =R\) there exists \(R_0 > R_1\) such that \((*)\) has exactly two positive radial solutions if \(R>R_0\), exactly one such solution if \(R=R_0\) and no solution if \(R<R_0\).

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