Special Session 156: Structure and dynamics of solutions for nonlinear elliptic and parabolic equations

Classification and evolution of bifurcation curves for the one-dimensional perturbed Gelfand problem with the Minkowski-curvature operator
Shin-Hwa Wang
National Tsing Hua University, TAIWAN
Taiwan
Co-Author(s):    Shao-Yuan Huang
Abstract:
We study the classification and evolution of bifurcation curves of positive solutions for the one-dimensional perturbed Gelfand problem with the Minkowski-curvature operator% \begin{equation} \left \{ \begin{array} [c]{l}% -\left( \dfrac{u^{\prime}(x)}{\sqrt{1-\left( u^{\prime}(x)\right) ^{2}}% }\right) ^{\prime}=\lambda \exp \left( \dfrac{au}{a+u}\right) \text{, \ }-L0$ are evolution parameters. We determine the shapes of the bifurcation curves for different positive values $a$ and $L$.