The multiplicity of solutions and geometry of a nonlinear elliptic equation
Let Ω be a bounded domain in with smooth boundary ∂Ω and let L denote a second order linear elliptic differential operator and a mapping from into itself with compact inverse, with eigenvalues , each repeated according to its multiplicity, 0 < λ1 < λ2 < λ3 ≤ ... ≤ λi ≤ ... → ∞. We consider a semilinear elliptic Dirichlet problem in Ω, u=0 on ∂ Ω. We assume that , and f is generated by and . We show a relation between the multiplicity of solutions and source terms in the equation....