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In this paper, by variational and topological arguments based on linking and $\nabla$-theorems, we prove the existence of multiple solutions for the following nonlocal problem with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary data, $$ \left\{…

Classical results from Sturm-Liouville theory state that the number of unstable eigenvalues of a scalar, second-order linear operator is equal to the number of associated conjugate points. Recent work has extended these results to a much…

In this paper we obtain a solution to the second order boundary value problem of the form $\frac{d}{dt}\Phi'(\dot{u})=f(t,u,\dot{u}),\ t\in[0,1],\ u\colon\mathbb{R} \to\mathbb{R}$ with Dirichlet and Sturm-Liouville boundary conditions,…

We study the dependence of the zeros of eigenfunctions of Sturm-Liouville problem on the parameters that define the boundary conditions. As a corollary, we obtain Sturm oscillation theorem, which states that the $n$-th eigenfunction has $n$…

In this paper we study a Steklov-Robin eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian in annular domains. More precisely, we consider $\Omega=\Omega_0 \setminus \overline{B}_{r}$, where $B_{r}$ is the ball centered at the origin with radius $r>0$ and…

We consider the nonselfadjoint Sturm-Liouville operator Lu=u''-q(x)u with regular but not strongly regular boundary conditions, where q(x)is an arbitrary complex-valued summable function. We examine the basis property for the root function…

We study the problem $-\Delta u=\lambda u-u^{-1}$ with a Neumann boundary condition; the peculiarity being the presence of the singular term $-u^{-1}$. We point out that the minus sign in front of the negative power of $u$ is particularly…

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…

For integers $m\geq 3$ and $1\leq\ell\leq m-1$, we study the eigenvalue problems $-u^{\prime\prime}(z)+[(-1)^{\ell}(iz)^m-P(iz)]u(z)=\lambda u(z)$ with the boundary conditions that $u(z)$ decays to zero as $z$ tends to infinity along the…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ ($N>2$) be a $C^2$ bounded domain and $\Sigma \subset \Omega$ be a compact, $C^2$ submanifold without boundary, of dimension $k$ with $0\leq k < N-2$. Put $L_\mu = \Delta + \mu d_\Sigma^{-2}$ in $\Omega…

We study a second-order differential equation involving a quasi-derivative, leading to a non-self-adjoint Sturm--Liouville-type problem with four coefficient functions. To analyze this equation, we develop a generalized Pr\"ufer…

We study perturbations of the self-adjoint periodic Sturm--Liouville operator \[ A_0 = \frac{1}{r_0}\left(-\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} p_0 \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} + q_0\right) \] and conclude under $L^1$-assumptions on the differences…

In the present paper, we deal with a fourth-order boundary value problem problem with eigenparameter dependent boundary conditions and transmission conditions at a interior point. A self-adjoint linear operator A is defined in a suitable…

We study conformal mappings from the unit disk to circular-arc quadrilaterals with four right angles. The problem is reduced to a Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem on a real interval, with a nonlinear boundary condition, in which the…

In this paper we consider the following problem $$\begin{cases} -\Delta_{g}u+V(x)u=\lambda\alpha(x)f(u), & \mbox{in }M\\ u\geq0, & \mbox{in }M\\ u\to0, & \mbox{as }d_{g}(x_{0},x)\to\infty \end{cases}$$where $(M,g)$ is a $N$-dimensional…

In many cases, groundwater flow in an unconfined aquifer can be simplified to a one-dimensional Sturm-Liouville model of the form: \begin{equation*} x''(t)+\lambda x(t)=h(t)+\varepsilon f(x(t)),\hspace{.1in}t\in(0,\pi) \end{equation*}…

We consider the quasi-linear eigenvalue problem $-\Delta_p u = \lambda g(u)$ subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions on a bounded open set $\Omega$, where $g$ is a locally Lipschitz continuous functions. Imposing no further conditions on…

We consider the following nonlinear Choquard equation with Dirichlet boundary condition $$-\Delta u =\left(\int_{\Omega}\frac{|u|^{2_{\mu}^{\ast}}}{|x-y|^{\mu}}dy\right)|u|^{2_{\mu}^{\ast}-2}u+\lambda…

In this paper, we study a class of eigenvalue problems involving both local as well as nonlocal operators, precisely the classical Laplace operator and the fractional Laplace operator in the presence of mixed boundary conditions, that is…

In this paper, we consider the initial-boundary problem for semilinear wave equation with a new condition $$\alpha \int_0^{u } f(s)ds \leq uf(u) + \beta u^2 +\alpha \sigma,$$ for some positive constants $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\sigma$,…