Existence results of positive solutions for Kirchhoff type equations via bifurcation methods

Abstract

In this paper we address the following Kirchhoff type problem \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -Δ(g(|\nabla u|_2^2) u + u^r) = a u + b u^p& \mbox{in}~Ω, u>0& \mbox{in}~Ω, u= 0& \mbox{on}~\partialΩ, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} in a bounded and smooth domain $\Omega$ in $\mathrm{I}\mathrm{R}$. By using change of variables and bifurcation methods, we show, under suitable conditions on the parameters $a,b,p,r$ and the nonlinearity $g$, the existence of positive solutions.

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