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We establish the existence of solutions of nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems involving a positive parameter on the boundary. We also examine a profile of solutions of problem (1.2) when a parameter λ tends to 0.
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Chabrowski, J., Tintarev, C. An elliptic problem with an indefinite nonlinearity and a parameter in the boundary condition. Nonlinear Differ. Equ. Appl. 21, 519–540 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00030-013-0256-8
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