Global Bifurcation Result for the p-Biharmonic Operator

Files
2001-Drabek-Otani.pdf (291.63 KB)
Date
2001-07-03
Authors
Drabek, Pavel
Otani, Mitsuharu
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Southwest Texas State University, Department of Mathematics
Abstract
We prove that the nonlinear eigenvalue problem for the p-biharmonic operator with p > 1, and Ω a bounded domain in ℝN with smooth boundary, has principal positive eigenvalue λ1 which is simple and isolated. The corresponding eigenfunction is positive in Ω and satisfies ∂u/∂n < 0 on ∂Ω, ∆u1 < 0 in Ω. We also prove that (λ1, 0) is the point of global bifurcation for associated nonhomogeneous problem. In the case N = 1 we give a description of all eigenvalues and associated eigenfunctions. Every such an eigenvalue is then the point of global bifurcation.
Description
Keywords
p-Biharmonic operator, Principal eigenvalue, Global bifurcation
Citation
Drabek, P., & Otani, M. (2001). Global bifurcation result for the p-biharmonic operator. <i>Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, 2001</i>(48), pp. 1-19.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10877/9328
Collections
Electronic Journal of Differential Equations