High multiplicity of positive solutions in a superlinear problem of Moore-Nehari type

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Autori principali: Cubillos, Pablo, López-Gómez, Julián, Tellini, Andrea
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author Cubillos, Pablo
López-Gómez, Julián
Tellini, Andrea
author_facet Cubillos, Pablo
López-Gómez, Julián
Tellini, Andrea
contents In this paper we consider a superlinear one-dimensional elliptic boundary value problem that generalizes the one studied by Moore and Nehari in [43]. Specifically, we deal with piecewise-constant weight functions in front of the nonlinearity with an arbitrary number $κ\geq 1$ of vanishing regions. We study, from an analytic and numerical point of view, the number of positive solutions, depending on the value of a parameter $λ$ and on $κ$. Our main results are twofold. On the one hand, we study analytically the behavior of the solutions, as $λ\downarrow-\infty$, in the regions where the weight vanishes. Our result leads us to conjecture the existence of $2^{κ+1}-1$ solutions for sufficiently negative $λ$. On the other hand, we support such a conjecture with the results of numerical simulations which also shed light on the structure of the global bifurcation diagrams in $λ$ and the profiles of positive solutions. Finally, we give additional numerical results suggesting that the same high multiplicity result holds true for a much larger class of weights, also arbitrarily close to situations where there is uniqueness of positive solutions.
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spellingShingle High multiplicity of positive solutions in a superlinear problem of Moore-Nehari type
Cubillos, Pablo
López-Gómez, Julián
Tellini, Andrea
Analysis of PDEs
Numerical Analysis
Classical Analysis and ODEs
35J25, 34B08, 35J60, 65N06, 65P30
In this paper we consider a superlinear one-dimensional elliptic boundary value problem that generalizes the one studied by Moore and Nehari in [43]. Specifically, we deal with piecewise-constant weight functions in front of the nonlinearity with an arbitrary number $κ\geq 1$ of vanishing regions. We study, from an analytic and numerical point of view, the number of positive solutions, depending on the value of a parameter $λ$ and on $κ$. Our main results are twofold. On the one hand, we study analytically the behavior of the solutions, as $λ\downarrow-\infty$, in the regions where the weight vanishes. Our result leads us to conjecture the existence of $2^{κ+1}-1$ solutions for sufficiently negative $λ$. On the other hand, we support such a conjecture with the results of numerical simulations which also shed light on the structure of the global bifurcation diagrams in $λ$ and the profiles of positive solutions. Finally, we give additional numerical results suggesting that the same high multiplicity result holds true for a much larger class of weights, also arbitrarily close to situations where there is uniqueness of positive solutions.
title High multiplicity of positive solutions in a superlinear problem of Moore-Nehari type
topic Analysis of PDEs
Numerical Analysis
Classical Analysis and ODEs
35J25, 34B08, 35J60, 65N06, 65P30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19084