Triple positive solutions of conjugate boundary value problems. II (Q1586259)

The author proves existence criteria for at least three positive solutions to the following continuous and discrete system of boundary value problems \[ (-1)^{n_i-p_i}y_i^{(n_i)}(t)= a_i(t) h_i(y_1(t),y_2(t),\dots, y_m(t)), \quad t\in (0,1), \] \[ y_i^{(j)} (0)=0, \quad 0\leq j \leq p_i-1; \quad y_i^{(j)} (1)=0, \quad 0\leq j \leq n_i-p_i-1,\quad i=1,2,\dots,m, \] and \[ (-1)^{n_i-p_i}\Delta^n y_i(k)= F_i (k,\widetilde y_1(k),\widetilde y_2(k),\dots, \widetilde y_m(k)), \quad k\in \{ 0,1,\dots,T \}, \] \[ \Delta^j y_i (0)=0, \quad 0\leq j \leq p_i-1; \quad \Delta^j y_i (T+p_i+1)=0, \quad 0\leq j \leq n_i-p_i-1, \quad i=1,2,\dots,m, \] with \(\widetilde y_i = (y_i,\Delta y_i,\dots,\Delta^{n-1}y_i)\), \(1\leq i \leq m\). As a main tool, the fixed-point theorems for operators on a cone are used. The obtained results are applied to a system of partial difference equations. For part I see Comput. Math. Appl. 36, No. 9, 19-35 (1998; Zbl 0936.34018).