Exact multiplicity of solutions for classes of semipositone problems with concave-convex nonlinearity

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 559-571

  Shi, Junping ^a,c   Shivaji, Ratnasingham ^b,d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Exact Multiplicity; Semilinear Elliptic Equation; Semipositone Problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035613628     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2001.7.559     Document Type: Article

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