Let $E=\{u\in C^1[0,1]:u\left(0\right)=u\left(1\right)=0\}$. Let $S_k^{\nu }$ with $\nu =\{+,-\}$ denote the set of functions $u\in E$ which have exactly $k-1$ interior nodal zeros in (0, 1) and $\nu u$ be positive near $0$. We show the existence of $S$-shaped connected component of $S_k^{\nu }$-solutions of the problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{cc}{\left({\displaystyle \frac{u^{\text{'}}}{\sqrt{1-u^{\text{'}2}}}}\right)}^{\text{'}}+\lambda a\left(x\right)f\left(u\right)=0,\hfill & x\in (0,1),\hfill \\ u\left(0\right)=u\left(1\right)=0,\hfill \end{array}\right.$$ where $\lambda >0$ is a parameter, $a\in C\left(\right[0,1],(0,\infty \left)\right)$. We determine the intervals of parameter $\lambda$ in which the above problem has one, two or three $S_k^{\nu }$-solutions. The proofs of the main results are based upon the bifurcation technique.

Motivated by [3], we define the “Ambrosetti–Hess problem” to be the problem of bifurcation from infinity and of the local behavior of continua of solutions of nonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problems. Although the works in this direction underline the asymptotic properties of the nonlinearity, here we point out that this local behavior is determined by the global shape of the nonlinearity.

In this paper we give simple and low degree examples of one-parameter polynomial families of planar differential equations which present generic, codimension one, isolated, compact bifurcations. In contrast with some examples which appear in the usual text books each bifurcation occurs when the bifurcation parameter is zero. We study the total number of limit cycles that the examples present and we also make their phase portraits on the Poincaré sphere.

Strata of bifurcation sets related to the nature of the singular points or to connections between hyperbolic saddles in smooth families of planar vector fields, are smoothly equivalent to subanalytic sets. But it is no longer true when the bifurcation is related to transition near singular points, for instance for a line of double limit cycles in a generic 2-parameter family at its end point which is a codimension 2 saddle connection bifurcation point. This line has a flat contact with the line...

In this paper, we consider the nonlinear fourth order eigenvalue problem. We show the existence of family of unbounded continua of nontrivial solutions bifurcating from the line of trivial solutions. These global continua have properties similar to those found in Rabinowitz and Berestycki well-known global bifurcation theorems.

We consider nonlinear Sturm-Liouville problems with spectral parameter in the boundary condition. We investigate the structure of the set of bifurcation points, and study the behavior of two families of continua of nontrivial solutions of this problem contained in the classes of functions having oscillation properties of the eigenfunctions of the corresponding linear problem, and bifurcating from the points and intervals of the line of trivial solutions.

In this paper we investigate the role of spatial effects in determining the dynamics of a subclass of signalling pathways characterised by their ability to demonstrate oscillatory behaviour. To this end, we formulate a simple spatial model of the p53 network that accounts for both a negative feedback and a transcriptional delay. We show that the formation of protein density patterns can depend on the shape of the cell, position of the nucleus, and the protein diffusion rates. The temporal...

On étudie les phénomènes de retard à la bifurcation et de butée pour des systèmes discrets lents-rapides du plan. On donne une explication géométrique de ces phénomènes basée sur l’examen de fonctions reliefs. On démontre ensuite l’existence et la vie brève des longs canards, qui sont des trajectoires ne présentant pas de butée. Trois exemples illustrent ces phénomènes. Le premier expose la problématique, le second permet une expérimentation de l’étude théorique sur les longs canards, le troisième...