Special Session 167: Functional spaces and multiphase problems

A bifurcation phenomenon for the critical p-Laplace equation in the ball
Francesca Dalbono
University of Palermo
Italy
Co-Author(s):    Matteo Franca, Andrea Sfecci
Abstract:
We study positive radial solutions for a Dirichlet problem associated with a class of quasilinear $p$-Laplace differential equations involving a critical weighted nonlinearity. We show that the existence and multiplicity of solutions exhibit a bifurcation phenomenon depending on the flatness order of the weight at zero. The existence of a second solution is new, even in the classical Laplace case. The analysis is based on a dynamical systems approach via the Fowler transformation, and the main technical contribution consists in the construction of an unstable manifold in a non-smooth setting.