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We deal with fractional generalized logistic problems in presence of a signed and unbounded weight. We describe the first eigenpair of the underlying operators and we show a bifurcation result for positive solutions, which are proved to be unique. A symmetry result is established under suitable geometric constraints.
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D. Mugnai is a member of GNAMPA and is supported by the MIUR National Research Project Variational methods, with applications to problems in mathematical physics and geometry (2015KB9WPT_009) and by the FFABR “Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca” 2017.
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Marinelli, A., Mugnai, D. Fractional Generalized Logistic Equations with Indefinite Weight: Quantitative and Geometric Properties. J Geom Anal 30, 1985–2009 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-020-00353-x
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