The competition between incoming and outgoing fluxes in an elliptic problem

In this work we consider existence and uniqueness of positive solutions to the elliptic equation −∆u = λu in Ω, with the nonlinear boundary conditions ∂u ∂ν = u p on Γ1, ∂u ∂ν = −u q on Γ2, where Ω is a smooth bounded domain, ∂Ω = Γ1 ∪ Γ2, Γ1 ∩ Γ2 = ∅, ν is the outward unit normal, p, q > 0 and λ...

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Autores: García Melián, Jorge José, Rossi Pérez, Julio Daniel, Suárez Fernández, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/40060
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/40060
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219199707002642
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Elliptic problems
nonlinear boundary conditions
sub and supersolutions
bifurcation
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Sumario:In this work we consider existence and uniqueness of positive solutions to the elliptic equation −∆u = λu in Ω, with the nonlinear boundary conditions ∂u ∂ν = u p on Γ1, ∂u ∂ν = −u q on Γ2, where Ω is a smooth bounded domain, ∂Ω = Γ1 ∪ Γ2, Γ1 ∩ Γ2 = ∅, ν is the outward unit normal, p, q > 0 and λ is a real parameter. We obtain a complete picture of the bifurcation diagram of the problem, depending on the values of p, q and the parameter λ. Our proofs are based on different techniques: variational arguments, bifurcation techniques or comparison arguments, depending on the range of parameters considered.