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    Brake orbits type solutions to some class of semilinear elliptic equations

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    We consider a class of semilinear elliptic equations of the form Δu(x,y)+a(x)W(u(x,y))=0,(x,y)R2-\Delta u(x,y)+a(x)W'(u(x,y))=0,\quad (x,y)\in\R^{2} where a:RRa:\R\to\R is a periodic, positive function and W:RRW:\R\to\R is modeled on the classical two well Ginzburg-Landau potential W(s)=(s21)2W(s)=(s^{2}-1)^{2}. We show, via variational methods, that if the set of solutions to the one dimensional heteroclinic problem q¨(x)+a(x)W(q(x))=0, xR,q(±)=±1,-\ddot q(x)+a(x)W'(q(x))=0,\ x\in\R,\qquad q(\pm\infty)=\pm 1, has a discrete structure, then the equation has infinitely many solutions periodic in the variable yy and verifying the asymptotic conditions u(x,y)±1u(x,y)\to\pm 1 as x±x\to\pm\infty uniformly with respect to yRy\in\R

    Layered solutions with multiple asymptotes for non autonomous Allen–Cahn equations in R^{3}

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    We consider a class of semilinear elliptic equations of the form \begin{equation}\label{eq:abs} -\Delta u(x,y,z)+a(x)W'(u(x,y,z))=0,\quad (x,y,z)\in\R^{3}, \end{equation} where a:RRa:\R\to\R is a periodic, positive, even function and, in the simplest case, W:RRW:\R\to\R is a double well even potential. Under non degeneracy conditions on the set of minimal solutions to the associated one dimensional heteroclinic problem we show, via variational methods the existence of infinitely many geometrically distinct solutions uu of (\ref{eq:abs}) verifying u(x,y,z)±1u(x,y,z)\to\pm 1 as x±x\to\pm\infty uniformly with respect to (y,z)R2(y,z)\in\R^{2} and such that yu≢0\partial_{y}u\not\equiv0, zu≢0\partial_{z}u\not\equiv0 in R3\R^{3}

    Multiplicity of entire solutions for a class of almost periodic Allen-Cahn type equations

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    We consider a class of semilinear elliptic equations of the form Δu(x,y)+a(εx)W(u(x,y))=0,(x,y)R2-\Delta u(x,y)+a(\varepsilon x)W'(u(x,y))=0,\quad (x,y)\in\R^{2} where \e>0, a:RRa:\R\to\R is an almost periodic, positive function and W:RRW:\R\to\R is modeled on the classical two well Ginzburg-Landau potential W(s)=(s21)2W(s)=(s^{2}-1)^{2}. We show via variational methods that if \e is sufficiently small and aa is not constant then the equation admits infinitely many two dimensional entire solutions verifying the asymptotic conditions u(x,y)±1u(x,y)\to\pm 1 as x±x\to\pm\infty uniformly with respect to yRy\in\R

    On global non-degeneracy conditions for chaotic behavior for a class of dynamical systems

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    For about 25 years, global methods from the calculus of variations have been used to establish the existence of chaotic behavior for some classes of dynamical systems. Like the analytical approaches that were used earlier, these methods require nondegeneracy conditions, but of a weaker nature than their predecessors. Our goal here is study such a nondegeneracy condition that has proved useful in several contexts including some involving partial differential equations, and to show this condition has an equivalent formulation involving stable and unstable manifolds
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