Special Session 23: Topological and Variational Methods for Differential Equations

Weakly Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems for Various Partial Differential Equations

Dan Maroncelli
College of Charleston
USA
Co-Author(s):    Mauricio Rivas
Abstract:
In this work, we study the existence of solutions to the following generalized nonlinear two-parameter problem \begin{equation} a(u, v) = \lambda b(u, v) + \mu m(u, v) + \varepsilon F(u, v), \end{equation} for a triple $(a, b, m)$ of continuous, symmetric bilinear forms on a real separable Hilbert space $V$ and nonlinear form $F$. This problem is a natural abstraction of nonlinear problems that occur for a large class of differential operators, various elliptic pde`s with nonlinearities in either the differential equation and/or the boundary conditions being a special subclass. We will start by discussing a Fredholm alternative for the associated linear two-parameter eigenvalue problem and then we will use this characterization to construct solutions to various nonlinear problems.