Remarks on the Existence of Many Solutions of Certain Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

Edward N. Dancer; Shusen Yan

Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (2007)

  • Volume: 10-B, Issue: 3, page 1013-1023
  • ISSN: 0392-4041

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We show how a change of variable and peak solution methods can be used to prove that a number of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations have many solutions.

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Dancer, Edward N., and Yan, Shusen. "Remarks on the Existence of Many Solutions of Certain Nonlinear Elliptic Equations." Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana 10-B.3 (2007): 1013-1023. <http://eudml.org/doc/290427>.

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