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Asymptotically linear elliptic boundary value problems

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We study semilinear problems in which the nonlinear term has different asymptotic behavior at ±∞ with the limits (1.2) spanning a finite number of eigenvalues of the linear operator.

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Schechter, M. Asymptotically linear elliptic boundary value problems. Monatshefte für Mathematik 117, 121–137 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299316

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