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Uniqueness and exact multiplicity of solutions for a class of fourth-order semilinear problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2007

Philip Korman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0025, USA

Abstract

Using techniques of bifurcation theory, we give exact multiplicity and uniqueness results for the fourth-order Dirichlet problem, which describes deflection of an elastic beam, subjected to a nonlinear force, and clamped at the end points. The crucial part of this approach was to show positivity of non-trivial solutions of the corresponding linearized problem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2004

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