Multi-Point Boundary Value Problems with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions
We study a nonlocal boundary value problem for the equation x''(t) + f(t,x(t),x'(t)) = 0, t ∈ [0,1]. By applying fixed point theorems on appropriate cones, we prove that this boundary value problem admits positive solutions with slope in a given annulus. It is remarkable that we do not assume f≥0. Here the sign of the function f may change.
We introduce the notion of uniform quietness at zero for a real-valued function and we study one-parameter nonlocal boundary value problems for second order differential equations involving such functions. By using the Krasnosel'skiĭ fixed point theorem in a cone, we give values of the parameter for which the problems have at least two positive solutions.
Second order nonlinear delay differential equations are considered, and Krasnosel'skiĭ's fixed point theorem is used to establish a result on the existence of positive solutions of a boundary value problem on the half-line. This result can be used to guarantee the existence of multiple positive solutions. A specification of the result obtained to the case of second order nonlinear ordinary differential equations as well as to a particular case of second order nonlinear delay differential equations...
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