1 Preliminaries |
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Sobolev spaces and embedding theorems |
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Critical point |
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Cone and partial order |
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Brouwer Degree |
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Compact map and Leray-Schauder Degree |
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Fredholm operators |
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Fixed point index |
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Banach's Contract Theorem, Implicit Functions Theorem |
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Krein-Rutman theorem |
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Bifurcation theory |
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Rearrangements of sets and functions |
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Genus and Category |
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Maximum principles and symmetry of solution |
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Comparison theorems |
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2 Cone and Partial Order Methods |
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Increasing operators |
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Decreasing operators |
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Mixed monotone operators |
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Applications of mixed monotone operators |
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Further results on cones and partial order methods |
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3 Minimax Methods |
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Mountain Pass Theorem and Minimax Principle |
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Linking Methods |
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Local linking Methods |
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4 Bifurcation and Critical Point |
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Introduction |
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Main results with parameter |
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Equations without the parameter |
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5 Solutions of a Class of Monge-Ampère Equations |
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Moving plane argument |
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Existence and non-existence results |
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Bifurcation and the equation with a parameter |
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Appendix |
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6 Topological Methods and Applications |
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Superlinear system of integral equations and applications |
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Existence of positive solutions for a semilinear elliptic system |
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7 Dancer-Fučik Spectrum |
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The spectrum of a self-adjoint operator |
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Dancer-Fučik Spectrum on bounded domains |
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Dancer-Fučik point spectrum on RN |
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Dancer-Fučik spectrum and asymptotically linear elliptic problems |
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8 Sign-changing Solutions |
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Sign-changing solutions for superlinear Dirichlet problems |
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Sign-changing solutions for jumping nonlinear problems |
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9 Extension of Brezis-Nirenberg's Results and Quasilinear Problems |
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W01,p(Ω) versus C01(Ω̄) local minimizers |
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Multiplicity results for the quasilinear problems |
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Uniqueness results |
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10 Nonlocal Kirchhoff Elliptic Problems |
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Yang index and critical groups to nonlocal problems |
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Variational methods and invariant sets of descent flow |
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Uniqueness of solution for a class of Kirchhoff-type equations |
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11 Free Boundary Problems, System of equations for Bose-Einstein Condensate and Competing Species |
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Competing system with many species |
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Optimal partition problems |
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Schrödinger systems from Bose-Einstein condensate |
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Bibliography |
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1 Preliminaries |
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Sobolev spaces and embedding theorems |
|
Critical point |
|
Cone and partial order |
|
Brouwer Degree |
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Compact map and Leray-Schauder Degree |
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