Problems with mean curvature-like operators and three-point boundary conditions (Q1743469)

In this paper, existence results are obtained by using the Leray-Schauder degree for the solutions of a new class of non-linear differential equations of the form \[ (\varphi(u'(t)))'=f(t,u,u')\tag{1.1} \] satisfying the three-point boundary conditions \[ l(u,u')=0,\tag{1.2} \] where \(l(u,u')=0\) denotes \(u(0)=u'(0)=u'(T)\) or \(u(0)=u(T)=u'(T)\) on \([0,T]\). Moreover, the function \(\varphi:{\mathbb R}\to(-a,a)\) is a homeomorphism such that \(\varphi(0)=0\) and \(f:[0,T]\times{\mathbb R}\times{\mathbb R}\to{\mathbb R}\) is continuous function for \(a,T\in(0,\infty)\). To obtain the existence results for (1.1)--(1.2), homotopy invariance and reduction of Leray-Schauder degree theory are used.