Three positive solutions of singular nonlocal boundary value problems for systems of nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations (Q2518592)

The authors study the existence of at least three positive solutions of the (weakly) singular system of second order boundary value problems \[ \begin{gathered} u''(t)+a_{1}(t) f_{1}(t,u(t),v(t))=0,\;t \in (0,1),\\ v''(t)+a_2(t)f_{2}(t,u(t),v(t))=0,\;t \in (0,1),\\ \alpha_{1} u(0)-\beta_{1}u'(0)=0,\;\gamma_{1} u(1)-\delta_{1}u'(1)=g_{1}\left( \int_{0}^{1} u(s)d\phi_{1}(s), \int_{0}^{1} v(s)d\phi_{1}(s) \right),\\ \alpha_{2} v(0)-\beta_{2}v'(0)=0,\;\gamma_{2} v(1)-\delta_{2}v'(1)=g_{2}\left( \int_{0}^{1} u(s)d\phi_{2}(s), \int_{0}^{1} v(s)d\phi_{2}(s) \right),\\ \end{gathered} \] where \(\alpha_i,\beta_i,\delta_i,\gamma_i\) are non-negative parameters, \(f_i: [0,1]\times [0,\infty)\times [0,\infty)\to [0,\infty)\), \(g_i: [0,\infty)\times [0,\infty)\to [0,\infty)\) and \(a_{i}:(0,1)\to [0,\infty)\) are continuous. The main ingredient here is the well-known Leggett and Williams fixed-point theorem [\textit{R. W. Leggett} and \textit{L. R. Williams}, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 28, 673--688 (1979; Zbl 0421.47033)].