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We deal with positive solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem associated with the scalar second order ODE $$ u" + q(t)g(u) = 0, \quad t \in [0, T], $$ where $g: [0, +\infty[\, \to \mathbb{R}$ is positive on $\,]0, +\infty[\,$ and…
We study the second-order boundary value problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \, -u''=a_{\lambda,\mu}(t) \, u^{2}(1-u), & t\in(0,1), \\ \, u'(0)=0, \quad u'(1)=0, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $a_{\lambda,\mu}$ is a step-wise…
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 $a(x) > 0$ and $f$…
We prove the existence of a pair of positive radial solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \, \mathrm{div}\,\Biggl{(} \dfrac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1- | \nabla u |^{2}}}\Biggr{)} + \lambda a(|x|)u^p = 0, &…
Reaction-diffusion equations have several applications in the field of population dynamics and some of them are characterized by the presence of a factor which describes different types of food sources in a heterogeneous habitat. In this…
We study the periodic and the Neumann boundary value problems associated with the second order nonlinear differential equation \begin{equation*} u'' + c u' + \lambda a(t) g(u) = 0, \end{equation*} where $g \colon…
We study the periodic boundary value problem associated with the second order nonlinear equation \begin{equation*} u'' + ( \lambda a^{+}(t) - \mu a^{-}(t) ) g(u) = 0, \end{equation*} where $g(u)$ has superlinear growth at zero and sublinear…
We deal with the existence of positive solutions for a two-point boundary value problem associated with the nonlinear second order equation $u''+a(x)g(u)=0$. The weight $a(x)$ is allowed to change its sign. We assume that the function…
The paper provides a uniqueness result for positive solutions of the Neumann and periodic boundary value problems associated with the $\phi$-Laplacian equation \begin{equation*} \bigl{(} \phi(u') \bigr{)}' + a(t) g(u) = 0, \end{equation*}…
We prove the existence of multiple positive radial solutions to the sign-indefinite elliptic boundary blow-up problem \[ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} \Delta u + \bigl(a^+(\vert x \vert) - \mu a^-(\vert x \vert)\bigr) g(u) = 0, & \; \vert x…
We study the multiplicity of positive solutions for a two-point boundary value problem associated to the nonlinear second order equation $u''+f(x,u)=0$. We allow $x \mapsto f(x,s)$ to change its sign in order to cover the case of scalar…
In this paper, we prove a theorem concerning the existence of three solutions for the following boundary value problem: \begin{equation*} -\mathcal{M}_{\lambda,\Lambda}^+(D^2u)-\Gamma|Du|^2=f(u)~~~\text{in}\ \Omega, u=0~~~\text{on}\…
Let $1<p<+\infty$ and let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^N$ be either a ball or an annulus. We continue the analysis started in [Boscaggin, Colasuonno, Noris, ESAIM Control Optim. Calc. Var. (2017)], concerning quasilinear Neumann problems of the…
We investigate the existence of positive solutions to the nonlinear second-order three-point integral boundary value problem \begin{equation*} \label{eq-1} \begin{gathered} {u^{\prime \prime}}(t)+f(t, u(t))=0,\ 0<t<T, \\…
By using a shooting technique, we prove that the quasilinear boundary value problem $$ \textrm{div} \, \left( \frac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1-| \nabla u |^2}}\right) + \lambda q(| x |) | u |^{p-1} u = 0, \qquad u|_{\partial \mathcal{B}} = 0,$$…
We study the periodic boundary value problem associated with the second order nonlinear differential equation $$ u" + c u' + \left(a^{+}(t) - \mu \, a^{-}(t)\right) g(u) = 0, $$ where $g(u)$ has superlinear growth at zero and at infinity,…
For $1<p<\infty$, we consider the following problem $$ -\Delta_p u=f(u),\quad u>0\text{ in }\Omega,\quad\partial_\nu u=0\text{ on }\partial\Omega, $$ where $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^N$ is either a ball or an annulus. The nonlinearity $f$ is…
We are concerned with the study of positive solutions to the Gierer-Meinhardt system $$ \begin{cases} \displaystyle -\Delta u+\lambda u=\frac{u^p}{v^q}+\rho(x) &\quad\mbox{ in }\mathbb{R}^N\, , N\geq 3,\\[0.1in] \displaystyle -\Delta v+\mu…
In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions of a three-point integral boundary value problem (BVP) for the following second-order differential equation \begin{equation*} \begin{gathered} {u^{\prime \prime }}(t)+\lambda…
We deal with the periodic boundary value problem associated with the parameter-dependent second-order nonlinear differential equation \begin{equation*} u'' + cu' + \bigr{(} \lambda a^{+}(x) - \mu a^{-}(x) \bigr{)} g(u) = 0, \end{equation*}…