Acta mathematica scientia,Series B ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 1472-1482.doi: 10.1016/S0252-9602(17)30085-1

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MULTIPLE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A CLASS OF SEMIPOSITONE NEUMANN PROBLEMS WITH SINGULAR φ-LAPLACIAN

Ruyun MA, Hongliang GAO   

  1. Department of Mathematics, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • Received:2015-11-01 Revised:2017-05-01 Online:2017-10-25 Published:2017-10-25
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the NSFC (11361054, 11671322)

Abstract:

We study the existence of multiple positive solutions for a Neumann problem with singular φ-Laplacian

where λ is a positive parameter,φ(s)=(s)/√1-s2,fC1([0,∞),R),f'(u)> 0 for u > 0,and for some 0 < β < θ such that f(u)< 0 for u ∈[0,β)(semipositone) and f(u)> 0 for u > β. Under some suitable assumptions,we obtain the existence of multiple positive solutions of the above problem by using the quadrature technique.Further,if fC2([0,β)∪(β,∞),R), f"(u) ≥ 0 for u ∈[0,β) and f"(u) ≤ 0 for u ∈(β,∞),then there exist exactly 2n+1 positive solutions for some interval of λ,which is dependent on n and θ.Moreover,We also give some examples to apply our results.

Key words: multiple positive solutions, Neumann problem, prescribed mean curvature equation, time map

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