Existence of the third positive radial solution of a semilinear elliptic problem on an unbounded domain

Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 439-460

  Ko, Bong Soo ^a   Lee, Yong Hoon ^b  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Existence; Leray Schauder degree; Lower solution; Multiplicity; Radial solution; Semilinear elliptic problem; Singular boundary value problem; Upper solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544384657     PISSN: 03049914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4134/JKMS.2002.39.3.439     Document Type: Article

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