Positive solutions of some nonlinear BVPs involving singularities and integrals BCS (Q932387): Difference between revisions

The author establishes new criteria for the existence of multiple positive solutions of the nonlocal boundary value problem (BVP) \[ -u''(t)=g(t)h(u(t)),\quad t\in (0,1), \] \[ u'(0)+\alpha[u]=0,\, \beta u'(1)+u(\eta)=0,\quad \eta\in [0,1], \] where the nonlinearity \(h\) is allowed to be singular and \(\alpha[u]\) is a positive functional given by \[ \alpha[u]=A_0+\int_0^1u(s)dA(s). \] The method of proofs involves rewriting the BVP as a perturbed Hammerstein integral equation \[ u(t)=\gamma(t)\alpha[u]+\int_0^1k(t,s)g(s)h(u(s))ds \] and using the fixed point index theory in cones.