A new continuation theorem for the existence of solutions to \(p\)-Laplacian BVP at resonance (Q1004171)

The authors utilize the generation of Mawhin's continuation theorem to present some sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of at least one solution for the multi-point boundary value problem with a \(p\)-Laplacian at resonance: \[ \begin{cases} (\varphi_p(u''))'+f(t,u,u',u'')=0, \quad 0<t<1, \\ u(0)=0=u''(0), \quad u'(1)=\sum^{m-2}_{i=1}\alpha_iu'(\eta_i), \end{cases} \] where \(\varphi_p(s)=|s|^{p-2}s\), \(p>1\); \(\alpha_i>0\), \(\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_i=1\); \(0<\eta_1<\eta_2<\cdots<\eta_{m-2}<1\).