MULTIPLICITY RESULTS FOR SUBLINEAR AND SUPERLINEAR HAMMERSTEIN INTEGRAL EQUATIONS VIA MORSE THEORY

TitleMULTIPLICITY RESULTS FOR SUBLINEAR AND SUPERLINEAR HAMMERSTEIN INTEGRAL EQUATIONS VIA MORSE THEORY
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsO’REGAN, DONAL
Volume13
Issue3
Start Page385
Pagination9
Date Published2009
ISSN1083-2564
AMS47J20, 47J30
Abstract

In this paper we establish some results for nonlinear sublinear and superlinear Hammerstein integral equations. Using Morse theory and in particular critical groups we prove a number of multiplicity results.

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