On the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for some indefinite nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1721-1728

  Delgado, Manuel ^a   Suárez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifurcation method; Indefinite weight elliptic problem; Nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442658915     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07233-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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