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We study a third order singular boundary value problem with multi-point boundary conditions. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of positive solutions of the problem. Recent results in the literature are significantly extended and improved. Our analysis is mainly based on a nonlinear alternative of Leray-Schauder.

The authors consider the boundary value problem with a two-parameter nonhomogeneous multi-point boundary condition $$\begin{array}{c}{u}^{\text{'}\text{'}}+g\left(t\right)f(t,u)=0,t\in (0,1),\\ u\left(0\right)=\alpha u\left(\xi \right)+\lambda ,u\left(1\right)=\beta u\left(\eta \right)+\mu .Criteriafortheexistenceofnontrivialsolutionsoftheproblemareestablished.Thenonlineartermf(t,x)maytakenegativevaluesandmaybeunboundedfrombelow.Conditionsaredeterminedbytherelationshipbetweenthebehavioroff(t,x)/xforxnear0and\pm \infty ,andthesmallestpositivecharacteristicvalueofanassociatedlinearintegraloperator.Theanalysismainlyreliesontopologicaldegreetheory.Thisworkcomplementssomerecentresultsintheliterature.Theresultsareillustratedwithexamples.\end{array}$$

This paper presents several sufficient conditions for the existence of at least one classical solution to impulsive fractional differential equations with a $p$-Laplacian and Dirichlet boundary conditions. Our technical approach is based on variational methods. Some recent results are extended and improved. Moreover, a concrete example of an application is presented.