Revista Integración, temas de matemáticas.

Revista Integración, temas de matemáticas

Vol. 34 No. 2 (2016): Revista Integración
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On the uniqueness of sign-changing solutions to a semipositone problem in annuli

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  • Hugo Aduén,
  • Sigifredo Herrón
Hugo Aduén
Universidad de Córdoba
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Sigifredo Herrón
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revint.v34n2-2016007

Published 2016-12-12

Keywords

  • Semipositone,
  • nonhomogeneous problem,
  • uniqueness of sign changing solution,
  • weighted Dirichlet problem,
  • nonlinear elliptic problem

How to Cite

Aduén, H., & Herrón, S. (2016). On the uniqueness of sign-changing solutions to a semipositone problem in annuli. Revista Integración, Temas De matemáticas, 34(2), 207–224. https://doi.org/10.18273/revint.v34n2-2016007

Copyright (c) 2016 Hugo Aduén, Sigifredo Herrón

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Abstract

In this paper we establish the uniqueness of radial solutions for a semipositone Dirichlet problem in an annulus, having a prescribed large number of nodal regions. Shooting method and Prüfer transformation are the main tools used in this work.

To cite this article: H. Aduén, S. Herrón, On the uniqueness of sign-changing solutions to a semipositone problem in annuli, Rev. Integr. Temas Mat. 34 (2016), No. 2, 207-224.

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