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.

This paper addresses the Cauchy problem for the gradient flow equation in a Hilbert space $\mathscr{H}$$$\left\{\begin{array}{c}{u}^{}\hfill \end{array}\right.$$

We show that the growth rates of solutions of the abstract differential equations ẋ(t) = Ax(t), $ẋ\left(t\right)=A^{-1}x\left(t\right)$, and the difference equation $x_d(n+1)=(A+I){(A-I)}^{-1}{x}_d\left(n\right)$ are closely related. Assuming that A generates an exponentially stable semigroup, we show that on a general Banach space the lowest growth rate of the semigroup ${\left(e^{A^{-1}t}\right)}_{t\ge 0}$ is O(∜t), and for $\left((A+I){(A-I)}^{-1}\right)ⁿ$ it is O(∜n). The similarity in growth holds for all Banach spaces. In particular, for Hilbert spaces the best estimates are O(log(t)) and O(log(n)), respectively. Furthermore, we give conditions...