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On indefinite superlinear elliptic equations

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This paper concerns semilinear elliptic equations of the form − Δu+m(x)u=a(x)u p, wherea changes sign. We discuss the question of existence of positive solutions when the linear part is not ‘coercive’.

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Tehrani, H.T. On indefinite superlinear elliptic equations. Calc. Var 4, 139–153 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01189951

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