Positive solutions of elliptic and parabolic equations with convex-concave nonlinearities

Abstract

We consider, respectively, the Dirichlet problem and the initial-boundary value problem of elliptic and parabolic equations with two power nonlinearities. We find that these problems are closely related to the so-called quenching problem. We obtain the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to these problems on bounded and unbounded domains, by using the results of quenching problem and sub-super solution method.