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Infinitely many solutions for a class of sublinear Schrödinger equations with indefinite potentials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2015

Anouar Bahrouni ,
Hichem Ounaies  and
Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu
Anouar Bahrouni
Affiliation:
Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Monastir, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia, ([email protected]; [email protected])
Hichem Ounaies
Affiliation:
Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Monastir, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia, ([email protected]; [email protected])
Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia, ([email protected]) and ‘Simion Stoilow’ Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, PO Box 1–764, 014700 Bucharest, Romania
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Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with qualitative properties of entire solutions to a Schrödinger equation with sublinear nonlinearity and sign-changing potentials. Our analysis considers three distinct cases and we establish sufficient conditions for the existence of infinitely many solutions.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 145 , Issue 3 , June 2015 , pp. 445 - 465
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2015 

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