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On the existence of bifurcating solutions in the presence of symmetries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

E. N. Dancer
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia

Synopsis

We study bifurcation problems in the presence of continuous groups of symmetries and obtain theorems on the existence and uniqueness of solutions. We also briefly consider some applications.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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