Special Session 28: Qualitative theory of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic equations

Multiplicity of ground state solutions via magnitude changes

Pilar Herreros
P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
Chile
Co-Author(s):    Carmen Cort\\`azar and Marta Garc\\`\\ia-Huidobro
Abstract:
We will study the radially symmetric solutions to the problem $$ \Delta u+f(u)=0,\quad x\in \mathcal{R}^N, N> 2, \lim_{|x|\to \infty} u(x)=0. $$ We will see that we can generate new solutions to this problem by introducing abrupt magnitude changes in the function $f$. Using this idea, we can construct functions $f$, defined by parts, such that the problem has any given number of solutions.