47 research outputs found
Positive solutions to indefinite Neumann problems when the weight has positive average
We deal with positive solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem
associated with the scalar second order ODE where is positive on and is an indefinite weight. Complementary to previous
investigations in the case , we provide existence results
for a suitable class of weights having (small) positive mean, when
at infinity. Our proof relies on a shooting argument for a suitable equivalent
planar system of the type with
a continuous function defined on the whole real line.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figure
Second-order ordinary differential equations with indefinite weight: the Neumann boundary value problem
We study the second-order nonlinear differential equation u\u2032\u2032+a(t)g(u)=0 , where g is a continuously differentiable function of constant sign defined on an open interval I 86R and a(t) is a sign-changing weight function. We look for solutions u(t) of the differential equation such that u(t) 08I, satisfying the Neumann boundary conditions. Special examples, considered in our model, are the equations with singularity, for I=R+0 and g(u) 3c 12u 12\u3c3, as well as the case of exponential nonlinearities, for I=R and g(u) 3cexp(u) . The proofs are obtained by passing to an equivalent equation of the form x\u2032\u2032=f(x)(x\u2032)2+a(t)
Uniqueness of positive solutions for boundary value problems associated with indefinite \u3c6-Laplacian-type equations
This paper provides a uniqueness result for positive solutions of the Neumann and periodic boundary value problems associated with the \u3c6-Laplacian equation 'Equation Presented', where \u3c6 is a homeomorphism with \u3c6(0) = 0, a(t) is a stepwise indefinite weight and g(u) is a continuous function. When dealing with the p-Laplacian differential operator \u3c6(s) = |s|p-2s with p > 1, and the nonlinear term g(u) = u\u3b3 with \u3b3 08 \u211d, we prove the existence of a unique positive solution when \u3b3 \u3f5 ]- 1e, (1 - 2p)/(p - 1)] 2a ]p - 1, + 1e[
Multiple bounded variation solutions for a prescribed mean curvature equation with Neumann boundary conditions
We prove the existence of multiple positive BV-solutions of the Neumann
problem \begin{cases} \displaystyle
-\left(\frac{u'}{\sqrt{1+u'^2}}\right)'=a(x)f(u)\quad&\mbox{in }(0,1),
u'(0)=u'(1)=0,& {cases} where and belongs to a class of
nonlinear functions whose prototype example is given by , for and . In particular, and has a
unique positive zero, denoted by . Solutions are distinguished by the
number of intersections (in a generalized sense) with the constant solution . We further prove that the solutions found have continuous energy and we
also give sufficient conditions on the nonlinearity to get classical solutions.
The analysis is performed using an approximation of the mean curvature operator
and the shooting method.Comment: 28 pages, 1 figur
Unbounded Solutions to Systems of Differential Equations at Resonance
We deal with a weakly coupled system of ODEs of the type xj\u2032\u2032+nj2xj+hj(x1,\u2026,xd)=pj(t),j=1,\u2026,d,with hj locally Lipschitz continuous and bounded, pj continuous and 2 \u3c0-periodic, nj 08 N (so that the system is at resonance). By means of a Lyapunov function approach for discrete dynamical systems, we prove the existence of unbounded solutions, when either global or asymptotic conditions on the coupling terms h1, \u2026 , hd are assumed