Symmetry-breakings for semilinear elliptic equations on finite cylindrical domains
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Abstract:
We study the existence and multiplicity of asymmetric positive solutions of a semilinear elliptic equation on finite cylinders with mixed type boundary conditions. By using a Nehari-type variational method, we prove that the numbers of asymmetric positive solutions are increasing without bound when the lengths of cylinders are increasing. On the contrary, by using the blow up technique, we obtain an a priori bound for positive solutions and then prove that all positive solutions must be symmetric when the cylinders are short enough.References
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- © Copyright 1993 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 117 (1993), 803-811
- MSC: Primary 35B05; Secondary 35B32, 35J65, 35P30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1116265-3
- MathSciNet review: 1116265