We discuss the discrete $p$-Laplacian eigenvalue problem, $$\left\{\begin{array}{c}\Delta \left({\phi }_p\left(\Delta u(k-1)\right)\right)+\lambda a\left(k\right)g\left(u\left(k\right)\right)=0,k\in \{1,2,...,T\},\hfill \\ u\left(0\right)=u(T+1)=0,\hfill \end{array}\right.$$ where $T>1$ is a given positive integer and ${\phi }_p\left(x\right):={\left|x\right|}^{p-2}x$, $p>1$. First, the existence of an unbounded continuum $𝒞$ of positive solutions emanating from $(\lambda ,u)=(0,0)$ is shown under suitable conditions on the nonlinearity. Then, under an additional condition, it is shown that the positive solution is unique for any $\lambda >0$ and all solutions are ordered. Thus the continuum $𝒞$ is a monotone continuous curve globally defined for all $\lambda >0$.

We consider boundary value problems for nonlinear $2m$th-order eigenvalue problem $$\begin{array}{cc}\hfill {(-1)}^m{u}^{\left(2m\right)}\left(t\right)& =\lambda a\left(t\right)f\left(u\right(t\left)\right),0<t<1,\hfill \\ \hfill u^{\left(2i\right)}\left(0\right)& =u^{\left(2i\right)}\left(1\right)=0,i=0,1,2,\cdots ,m-1.\hfill \end{array}$$ where $a\in C\left(\right[0,1],[0,\infty \left)\right)$ and $a\left(t_0\right)>0$ for some $t_0\in [0,1]$, $f\in C\left(\right[0,\infty ),[0,\infty \left)\right)$ and $f\left(s\right)>0$ for $s>0$, and $f_0=\infty$, where $f_0={lim}_{s\to 0^{+}}f\left(s\right)/s$. We investigate the global structure of positive solutions by using Rabinowitz’s global bifurcation theorem.