# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2013, 33(1): 335-344. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.335

## Bifurcation results on positive solutions of an indefinite nonlinear elliptic system

 1 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, United States 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322

Received  May 2011 Revised  October 2011 Published  September 2012

Consider the following nonlinear elliptic system \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u - u=\mu_1u^3+\beta uv^2,\ & \hbox{in}\ \Omega\\ -\Delta v - v= \mu_2v^3+\beta vu^2,\ & \hbox{in}\ \Omega\\ u,v>0\ \hbox{in}\ \Omega, \ u=v=0,\ & \hbox{on}\ \partial\Omega, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*}where $\mu_1,\mu_2>0$ are constants and $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$ for $N\leq3$. We study the existence and non-existence of positive solutions and give bifurcation results in terms of the coupling constant $\beta$.
Citation: Rushun Tian, Zhi-Qiang Wang. Bifurcation results on positive solutions of an indefinite nonlinear elliptic system. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems, 2013, 33 (1) : 335-344. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.335
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