Nonlinear boundary value problems in Hilbert spaces (Q1120053)

The authors consider the nonlinear two point boundary value problem (*) \(y''=f(t,y,y')\), \(0\leq t\leq 1\), with Sturm-Liouville type boundary conditions. A solution of (*) is a twice continuously differentiable function which takes values in a real Hilbert space H. The nonlinear term f ([0,1]\(\times H\times H\to H)\) is always assumed to be continuous. Subject to various restrictions on f, including a Bernstein-Nagumo type growth condition, the authors prove certain existence theorems for a wide class of problems.