Existence of positive solutions for \(m\)-point boundary value problems on time scales (Q1040102)

Summary: We study the one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian \(m\)-point boundary value problem \[ \varphi p(u\Delta(t)))\Delta+a(t)f(t,u(t))=0,\quad t\in [0,1]_T, \] \[ u(0)=0,\quad u(1)=\sum^{m-2}_{i=1}a_iu(\xi_i), \] where \(T\) is a time scale, \(\varphi p(s)=|s|^{p-2}s\), \(p>1\), some new results are obtained for the existence of at least one, two, and three positive solution/solutions of the above problem by using Krasnosel'skii's fixed point theorem, new fixed point theorem due to Avery and Henderson, as well as Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem. This is probably the first time the existence of positive solutions of one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian \(m\)-point boundary value problem on time scales has been studied.