Multiplicity results using bifurcation techniques for a class of fourth-order \(m\)-point boundary value problems (Q1033008): Difference between revisions

In this interesting paper, the authors investigate the existence of nodal solutions of the nonlocal fourth order BVP \[ \begin{gathered} u^{(4)}(t)=f(u(t), u''(t)),\;t \in (0,1),\\ u'(0)=0,\;u(1)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_{i}u(\eta_{i}),\\ u'''(0)=0,\;u''(1)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_{i}u''(\eta_{i}),\\ \end{gathered} \] where \(f\) is a continuous function, \(m\geq 3\), \(\eta_{i}\in (0,1)\) and \(\alpha_i>0\) for \(i=1,\ldots, m-2\), with \(\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_{i}<1\). The main ingredient is Rabinowitz's global bifurcation theorem.