A two-point boundary value problem with jumping nonlinearities

Castro B., Alfonso

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1980-0565340-1

A two-point boundary value problem with jumping nonlinearities

Author: Alfonso Castro B.
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 79 (1980), 207-211
MSC: Primary 34B10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1980-0565340-1
MathSciNet review: 565340
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Abstract: We prove that a certain two point BVP with jumping nonlinearities has a solution. Our result generalizes that of [2]. We use variational methods which permit giving a minimax characterization of the solution. Our proof exposes the similarities between the variational behavior of this problem and that of other semilinear problems with noninvertible linear part (see [5]).

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