# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

November  2014, 13(6): 2465-2474. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.2465

## Some eigenvalue problems with non-local boundary conditions and applications

 1 Faculdade de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil 2 Departamento de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Análisis Numérico, Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad de Sevilla, Calle Tar a s/n, 41012-Seville 3 Dpto. de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Análisis Numérico, Fac. de Matemáticas, Univ. de Sevilla, C/. Tarfia s/n, 41012 - Sevilla

Received  December 2013 Revised  April 2014 Published  July 2014

In this paper we study an elliptic eigenvalue problem with non-local boundary condition. We prove the existence of the principal eigenvalue and its main properties. As consequence, we show the existence and uniqueness of positive solution of a nonlinear problem arising from population dynamics.
Citation: Rafael Abreu, Cristian Morales-Rodrigo, Antonio Suárez. Some eigenvalue problems with non-local boundary conditions and applications. Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, 2014, 13 (6) : 2465-2474. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.2465
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