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Global Bifurcation of Positive Solutions in ℝn

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Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States, 3

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We study the global bifurcation diagram of the following semilinear elliptic problem mainly in the case n ≥ 3. A is the usual Laplace operator.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, 9 Kanari Street, 10671, Athens, Greece

    Achilles Tertikas

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Crete Iraklion—Crete, P.O. Box 1470, Greece

    Achilles Tertikas

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, DYFED SY3BZ, UK

    N. G. Lloyd

  2. School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    W. M. Ni  & J. Serrin  & 

  3. Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, PB 9512, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    L. A. Peletier

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Tertikas, A. (1992). Global Bifurcation of Positive Solutions in ℝn . In: Lloyd, N.G., Ni, W.M., Peletier, L.A., Serrin, J. (eds) Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States, 3. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 7. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0393-3_35

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