Multiplicity of positive solutions for second-order three-point boundary value problems (Q1586281)

The author studies the second-order three-point boundary value problem \[ u''+\lambda h(t)f(u) = 0, \qquad t\in (0, 1), \tag{1} \] \[ u(0) = 0, \qquad \lambda u(\eta) = u(1), \tag{2} \] with \(\eta : 0 < \eta <1, 0 < \alpha < 1 / \eta .\) The author studies the multiplicity of positive solutions to (1), (2) using the method of upper and lower solutions, the Leray-Schauder degree theory and fixed-point index theorems. Notice, that the main theorem is proved using traditional methods of functional analysis with any monotonicity on \(f\).