INSTABILITY OF NONNEGATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A CLASS OF SEMIPOSITONE PROBLEMS

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作者
BROWN, KJ [1 ]
SHIVAJI, R [1 ]
机构
[1] MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV,MISSISSIPPI STATE,MS 39762
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10.2307/2048487
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O29 [应用数学];
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070104 ;
摘要
We consider the boundary value problem -DELTA-u(x) = lambda-f (u(x)), x member-of OMEGA Bu(x) = 0, x member-of partial-OMEGA where OMEGA is a bounded region in R(N) with smooth boundary, Bu = alpha-h(x)u + (1 - alpha)partial u/partial n where alpha member-of [0, 1] h: partial OMEGA --> R+ with h = 1 when alpha = 1, lambda > 0, f is a smooth function with f(0) < 0 (semipositone), f'(u) > 0 for u > 0 and f"(u) greater-than-or-equal-to 0 for u > 0. We prove that every nonnegative solution is unstable.
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