Generic existence result for an eigenvalue problem with rapidly growing principal operator

Vy Khoi Le

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2010)

  • Volume: 10, Issue: 4, page 677-691
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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We consider the eigenvalue problem - div ( a ( | u | ) u ) = λ g ( x , u ) in Ω u = 0 on Ω , in the case where the principal operator has rapid growth. By using a variational approach, we show that under certain conditions, almost all λ > 0 are eigenvalues.

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Le, Vy Khoi. "Generic existence result for an eigenvalue problem with rapidly growing principal operator." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 10.4 (2010): 677-691. <http://eudml.org/doc/90751>.

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abstract = { We consider the eigenvalue problem $$ \begin\{array\}\{l\} \displaystyle-\{\rm div\} (a(|\nabla u |)\nabla u) = \lambda g(x, u) \;\mbox\{ in \} \Omega u = 0 \;\mbox\{ on \} \partial\Omega , \end\{array\} $$ in the case where the principal operator has rapid growth. By using a variational approach, we show that under certain conditions, almost all λ > 0 are eigenvalues. },
author = {Le, Vy Khoi},
journal = {ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations},
keywords = {Quasilinear elliptic equation; generic existence; variational inequality; rapidly growing operator.; quasilinear elliptic equation; rapidly growing operator},
language = {eng},
month = {3},
number = {4},
pages = {677-691},
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title = {Generic existence result for an eigenvalue problem with rapidly growing principal operator},
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volume = {10},
year = {2010},
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AB - We consider the eigenvalue problem $$ \begin{array}{l} \displaystyle-{\rm div} (a(|\nabla u |)\nabla u) = \lambda g(x, u) \;\mbox{ in } \Omega u = 0 \;\mbox{ on } \partial\Omega , \end{array} $$ in the case where the principal operator has rapid growth. By using a variational approach, we show that under certain conditions, almost all λ > 0 are eigenvalues.
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