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We study the one-dimensional Kirchhoff type equation $$ -(b + a\Vert u'\Vert^{2}) u''(x) = \lambda u(x)^p, x \in I:= (-1,1), \enskip u(x) > 0, \enskip x\in I, \enskip u(\pm 1) = 0, $$ where $\Vert u'\Vert = \left(\int_I u'(x)^2…
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…
We extend bifurcation results of nonlinear eigenvalue problems from real Banach spaces to any neighbourhood of a given point. For points of odd multiplicity on these restricted domains, we establish that the component of solutions through…
We consider instabilities of a single mode with finite wavenumber in inversion symmetric spatially one dimensional systems, where the character of the bifurcation changes from sub- to supercritical behaviour. Starting from a general…
We consider the free boundary problem for a liquid drop of nearly spherical shape with capillarity, and we study the existence of nontrivial (i.e., non spherical) rotating traveling profiles bifurcating from the spherical shape, where the…
We study the most general class of linear boundary-value problems for systems of $r$-th order ordinary differential equations whose solutions range over the complex H\"older space $C^{n+r,\alpha}$, with $0\leq n\in\mathbb{Z}$ and…
We study the eigenvalue problem $-u"+V(z)u=\lambda u$ in the complex plane with the boundary condition that $u(z)$ decays to zero as $z$ tends to infinity along the two rays $\arg z=-\frac{\pi}{2} \pm \frac{2\pi}{m+2}$, where…
Let $\om $ be a bounded domain in an $n$-dimensional Euclidean space $\Bbb R^n$. We study eigenvalues of an eigenvalue problem of a system of elliptic equations: $$ \{\aligned &\Delta {\mathbf u}+ \alpha{\rm grad}(\text{div}{\mathbf…
This work is devoted to the study of the boundary value problem \begin{eqnarray}\nonumber (-1)^\alpha \Delta^\alpha u = (-1)^k S_k[u] + \lambda f, \qquad x &\in& \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N, \\ \nonumber u = \partial_n u = \partial_n^2 u =…
We consider dynamical systems depending on one or more real parameters, and assuming that, for some ``critical'' value of the parameters, the eigenvalues of the linear part are resonant, we discuss the existence -- under suitable hypotheses…
By application of a straightforward variational procedure we derive a simple, analytic upper bound on the ground-state energy eigenvalue of a semirelativistic Hamiltonian for (one or two) spinless particles which experience some…
An application of variational principle to bifurcation of periodic solution in Lagrangian mechanics is shown. A few higher derivatives of the action integral at a periodic solution reveals the behaviour of the action in function space near…
Given $m \in \mathbb{N} \setminus \{0\}$ and $\rho > 0$, we find solutions $(\lambda,u)$ to the problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \bigl(-\frac{\mathrm{d}^2}{\mathrm{d} x^2}\bigr)^m u + \lambda G'(u) = F'(u)\\ \int_{\mathbb{R}} K(u) \,…
In this paper we use abstract bifurcation theory for Fredholm operators of index zero to deal with periodic even solutions of the one-dimensional equation $\mathcal{L}u=\lambda u+|u|^{p}$, where $\mathcal{L}$ is a nonlocal…
It is shown that a one-dimensional damped wave equation with an odd time derivative nonlinearity exhibits small amplitude bifurcating time periodic solutions, when the bifurcation parameter is the linear damping coefficient is positive and…
In this note we devise and analyze a well-posed variational formulation of the Neumann boundary value problem associated to the biharmonic operator $\Delta^2$. An alternative formulation as a system of two Poisson problems for the Laplace…
In this paper we consider the eigenvalue problem consisting of the equation -u" = \la r u, \quad \text{on $(-1,1)$}, where $r \in C^1[-1,1], \ r>0$ and $\la \in \R$, together with the multi-point boundary conditions u(\pm 1) =…
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We study perturbations of the eigenvalue problem for the negative Laplacian plus an indefinite and unbounded potential and Robin boundary condition. First we consider the case of a sublinear perturbation and then of a superlinear…
Let $\Omega$ be an open, simply connected, and bounded region in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $d\geq2$, and assume its boundary $\partial\Omega$ is smooth. Consider solving the eigenvalue problem $Lu=\lambda u$ for an elliptic partial differential…