Preface |
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1 | (12) |
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1 | (3) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (6) |
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Part I Topological methods |
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13 | (62) |
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A primer on bifurcation theory |
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15 | (11) |
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Bifurcation: definition and necessary conditions |
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15 | (3) |
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The Lyapunov--Schmidt reduction |
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18 | (1) |
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Bifurcation from the simple eigenvalue |
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19 | (7) |
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26 | (29) |
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Brouwer degree and its properties |
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26 | (4) |
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Application: the Brouwer fixed point theorem |
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30 | (1) |
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An analytic definition of the degree |
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31 | (7) |
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The Leray--Schauder degree |
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38 | (5) |
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The Schauder fixed point theorem |
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43 | (1) |
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Some applications of the Leray--Schauder degree to elliptic equations |
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44 | (8) |
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The Krasnoselski bifurcation theorem |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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Topological degree, II: global properties |
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55 | (20) |
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Improving the homotopy invariance |
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55 | (2) |
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An application to a boundary value problem with sub- and super-solutions |
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57 | (3) |
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The Rabinowitz global bifurcation theorem |
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60 | (5) |
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Bifurcation from infinity and positive solutions of asymptotically linear elliptic problems |
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65 | (8) |
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73 | (2) |
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Part II Variational methods, I |
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75 | (66) |
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77 | (12) |
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Functionals and critical points |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (4) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (1) |
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Constrained critical points |
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89 | (11) |
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Differentiable manifolds, an outline |
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89 | (4) |
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Constrained critical points |
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93 | (2) |
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Manifolds of codimension one |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (3) |
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Deformations and the Palais--Smale condition |
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100 | (16) |
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Deformations of sublevels |
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100 | (1) |
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The steepest descent flow |
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101 | (4) |
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Deformations and compactness |
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105 | (2) |
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The Palais--Smale condition |
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107 | (2) |
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Existence of constrained minima |
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109 | (1) |
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An application to a superlinear Dirichlet problem |
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109 | (5) |
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114 | (2) |
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Saddle points and min-max methods |
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116 | (25) |
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The mountain pass theorem |
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117 | (6) |
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123 | (6) |
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129 | (6) |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (3) |
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Part III Variational methods, II |
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141 | (92) |
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Lusternik--Schnirelman theory |
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143 | (14) |
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The Lusternik--Schnirelman category |
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143 | (4) |
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Lusternik--Schnirelman theorems |
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147 | (8) |
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155 | (2) |
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Critical points of even functionals on symmetric manifolds |
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157 | (20) |
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157 | (3) |
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Existence of critical points |
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160 | (4) |
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Multiple critical points of even unbounded functionals |
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164 | (6) |
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Applications to Dirichlet boundary value problems |
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170 | (6) |
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176 | (1) |
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Further results on elliptic Dirichlet problems |
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177 | (27) |
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Radial solutions of semilinear elliptic equation on Rn |
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177 | (3) |
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Boundary value problems with critical exponent |
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180 | (8) |
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Discontinuous nonlinearities |
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188 | (10) |
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Problems with concave-convex nonlinearities |
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198 | (5) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (29) |
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A short review of basic facts in algebraic topology |
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204 | (8) |
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212 | (12) |
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An application: bifurcation for variational operators |
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224 | (5) |
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Morse index of mountain pass critical points |
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229 | (6) |
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233 | (76) |
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Appendix 1 Qualitative results |
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241 | (11) |
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Appendix 2 The concentration compactness principle |
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252 | (10) |
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Appendix 3 Bifurcation for problems on Rn |
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262 | (12) |
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Appendix 4 Vortex rings in an ideal fluid |
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274 | (12) |
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Appendix 5 Perturbation methods |
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286 | (16) |
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Appendix 6 Some problems arising in differential geometry |
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302 | (7) |
References |
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309 | (6) |
Index |
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