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Three positive solutions to an indefinite Neumann problem: a shooting method

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-06-12 v1

Abstract

We deal with the Neumann boundary value problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \, u" + \bigl{(} \lambda a^{+}(t)-\mu a^{-}(t) \bigr{)}g(u) = 0, \\ \, 0 < u(t) < 1, \quad \forall\, t\in\mathopen{[}0,T\mathclose{]},\\ \, u'(0) = u'(T) = 0, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where the weight term has two positive humps separated by a negative one and g ⁣:[0,1]Rg\colon \mathopen{[}0,1\mathclose{]} \to \mathbb{R} is a continuous function such that g(0)=g(1)=0g(0)=g(1)=0, g(s)>0g(s) > 0 for 0<s<10<s<1 and lims0+g(s)/s=0\lim_{s\to0^{+}}g(s)/s=0. We prove the existence of three solutions when λ\lambda and μ\mu are positive and sufficiently large.

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@article{arxiv.1706.02880,
  title  = {Three positive solutions to an indefinite Neumann problem: a shooting method},
  author = {Guglielmo Feltrin and Elisa Sovrano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02880},
  year   = {2017}
}

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