Multipoint focal boundary value problems on infinite intervals (Q1201975)

The authors study the differential equation (1) \(y^{(n)}=f(x,y)\) with \(f\) continuous on \(\mathbb{R}^ 2\). First they suppose the uniqueness of \(n\)- point right focal BVPs and IVPs and the existence of all solutions of (1) on \((-\infty,c)\). Under these assumptions they establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution of (1) on a semi- infinite interval, satisfying a \(k\)-point boundary value condition (de la Vallée-Poussin type), \(1<k\leq n\). Further they join to the previous assumptions the uniqueness of \(n\)-point left focal BVPs and the existence of all solutions of (1) on \((- \infty,\infty)\), and they find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution of (1) on \((-\infty,\infty)\), satisfying an \((n+1)\)-point boundary value condition (Cauchy-Nicoletti type). The necessary and sufficient conditions are stated in terms of upper and lower solutions.