Reversed S-Shaped Bifurcation Curve for a Neumann Problem. (1st August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xing, Hui; Chen, Hongbin; Yao, Ruofei
• Other Names: Anderson Douglas R. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Discrete dynamics in nature and society. Volume 2018(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-08-01
• Subjects: System analysis -- Periodicals; Dynamics -- Periodicals; Chaotic behavior in systems -- Periodicals; Differentiable dynamical systems -- Periodicals; 003.05
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/5376075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1026-0226

Abstract

Abstract : We study the bifurcation and the exact multiplicity of solutions for a class of Neumann boundary value problem with indefinite weight. We prove that all the solutions obtained form a smooth reversed S-shaped curve by topological degree theory, Crandall-Rabinowitz bifurcation theorem, and the uniform antimaximum principle in terms of eigenvalues. Moreover, we obtain that the equation has exactly either one, two, or three solutions depending on the real parameter. The stability is obtained by the eigenvalue comparison principle.