Existence of positive solutions in generalized boundary value problem for \(p\)-Laplacian dynamic equations on time scales (Q1034155): Difference between revisions

The authors study the one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian dynamic equation: \[ \left(\phi_p\left(u^{\Delta}(t)\right)\right)^\nabla+h(t)\, f(t,u(t))=0, \quad t \in (0,T]_{\mathbf{T}}, \] coupled with the \(m\)-point boundary value conditions \[ u(0)-\beta\, B_0\left(u^\Delta(0)\right)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}{B\left(u^\Delta(\xi_i)\right)}, \quad \phi_p\left(u^\Delta(T)\right)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}{a_i\, \phi_p\left(u^\Delta(\xi_i)\right)}. \] Here, \(\phi_p\) is the one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian operator, \(0 \leq \beta\), \(0 \leq a_i\) for \(i=1, \ldots,m-2\), \(0 < \xi_1 < \xi_2 < \cdots < \xi_{m-2} < T\) and \(\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}{a_i} < 1\). Under suitable assumptions on the functions \(h\), \(f\), \(B_0\) and \(B\), they deduce the existence of at least two or three positive solutions. The results hold by the Avery-Henderson fixed point theorem and the five functional fixed point theorem.