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2018, Volume 38, Issue 6: 3139-3168. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2018137

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Sign-changing multi-bump solutions for Kirchhoff-type equations in $\mathbb{R}^3$

Yinbin Deng^1, and
Wei Shuai^1,2, ,

1.
School of Mathematics and Statistics and Hubei Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
2.
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China

* Corresponding author: Wei Shuai
* Corresponding author: Wei Shuai

Received: November 2017

Revised: December 2017

Published: June 2018

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We are interested in the existence of sign-changing multi-bump solutions for the following Kirchhoff equation

$ - (a + b\int_{{\mathbb{R}^3}} {|\nabla u{|^2}dx} )\Delta u + \lambda V(x)u = f(u),\;x \in {\mathbb{R}^3},$

where $λ$>0 is a parameter and the potential $V(x)$ is a nonnegative continuous function with a potential well $Ω: = int(V^{-1}(0))$ which possesses $k$ disjoint bounded components $Ω_1,Ω_2,···,Ω_k$. Under some conditions imposed on $f(u)$, multiple sign-changing multi-bump solutions are obtained. Moreover, the concentration behavior of these solutions as $λ→ +∞$ are also studied.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J60, 35J20; Secondary: 35J01, 35J40.

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