CRITICAL POINTS AND MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS OF A NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

We consider a semilinear elliptic boundary value problem with Dirichlet boundary condition $Au+bu^+-au^-=t_{1{\phi}1}+t_{2{\phi}2}$ in ${\Omega}$ and ${\phi}_n$ is the eigenfuction corresponding to ${\lambda}_n(n=1,2,{\cdots})$. We have a concern with the multiplicity of solutions of the equation when ${\lambda}_1$ < a < ${\lambda}_2$ < b < ${\lambda}_3$.