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The paper considers the nonlinear eigenvalue problem for the equation \(y^{\prime \prime }(x) = \left( \lambda - \alpha |y(x)|^{2q}\right) y(x)\) with boundary conditions \(y(0) = y(h) = 0\) and \(y^{\prime }(0) = p\), where \(\alpha \), q, and p are positive constants, \(\lambda \) is a real spectral parameter. It is proved that the nonlinear problem has infinitely many isolated negative as well as positive eigenvalues, whereas the corresponding linear problem (for \(\alpha = 0\)) has only an infinite number of negative eigenvalues. Negative eigenvalues of the nonlinear problem reduce to the solutions to the corresponding linear problem as \(\alpha \rightarrow +0\); positive ‘nonlinear’ eigenvalues are nonperturbative. Asymptotical inequalities for the eigenvalues are found. Periodicity of the eigenfunctions is proved and the period is found, zeros of the eigenfunctions are determined, and a comparison theorem is proved.
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The work was financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Agreement No. 1.894.2017/4.6).
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Valovik, D.V. On spectral properties of the Sturm–Liouville operator with power nonlinearity. Monatsh Math 188, 369–385 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-017-1124-0
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Keywords
- Ordinary nonlinear differential equation
- Nonlinear eigenvalue problem
- Sturm–Liouville theory
- Asymptotic analysis
- Isolated eigenvalues
- Periodicity of solutions
- Distribution of zeros
- Comparison theory