Existence of solutions for a higher order multi-point boundary value problem (Q1024714)

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Existence of solutions for a higher order multi-point boundary value problem
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    Existence of solutions for a higher order multi-point boundary value problem (English)
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    17 June 2009
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    The authors study the \(n\)-th order multi-point boundary value problem \[ u^{(n)}(t)+f(t,u(t),u'(t),\dots,u^{(n-1)}(t))=\lambda p(t),\quad t\in(0,1) \] with the following multi-point boundary conditions: \[ \begin{aligned} &u^{(i)}(0)=A_i,i=0,1,\dots,n-3,\\ &u^{(n-2)}(0)-\sum_{j=1}^m a_ju^{(n-2)}(t_j)=A_{n-2},\\ &u^{(n-2)}(1)-\sum_{j=1}^m b_ju^{(n-2)}(t_j)=A_{n-1}, \end{aligned} \] where \(n\geq 3\) and \(m\geq 1\) are integers, \(\lambda\in \mathbb{R}\) is a parameter, \(f\in C([0,1]\times \mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb R)\), \(p\in\mathbb C([0,1],\mathbb R)\) with \(p(t)>0\) on \([0,1]\), \(A_i\in \mathbb{R}\) for \(i=0,1,\dots,n-1\),\(a_j,b_j\in \mathbb{R}^+:=[0,\infty)\) for \(j=1,\dots,m\). By using the lower and upper solution method and topological degree theory, sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of one and two solutions of the problem for different values of \(\lambda\). The result obtained extend and improve some recent work in the literature.
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    solutions
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    boundary value problems
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    lower and upper solutions
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    fixed point index
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