On S-shaped Bifurcation Curves for Multi-parameter Positone Problems

V. Anuradha, R. Shivaji, Jianping Zhu

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    Abstract

    <p> <h2 id="x-x-x-x-section_abstract"> Abstract </h2> <p id="x-x-x-x-"> We study the existence of multiple positive solutions to the two point boundary value problem </p> <p> -u&Prime;(x) = &lthree;f(u(x)); O&lt; x &lt; 1 u(0) = 0 = u(1) + &alpha;u&prime;(1), </p> <p> where &lthree; &gt; 0, &alpha; &gt; 0. Here f is a smooth function such that <em> f </em> &gt; 0 <em> on </em> [0, <em> r </em> ) for some 0 &lt; <em> r </em> &le; &infin;. In particular, we consider the case when f is initially convex and then concave. We discuss sufficient conditions for the existence of at least three positive solutions for a certain range (independent of &alpha;) of &lambda;. We apply our results to the nonlinearity which arises in combustion theory and to the nonlinearity (fixed), , which arises in chemical reactor theory. </p></p>
    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
    Volume65
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 1 1994

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    • Applied Mathematics

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