Existence of infinitely many solutions for fourth-order impulsive differential equations (Q1749467)

The authors consider the two-point boundary value problem for a fourth order ODE with impulses at fixed times: \[ \begin{aligned} & u^{(4)}(t) + Au''(t) + Bu(t) = f(t,u(t)),\quad t \in [0,T], \;t \neq t_k,\\ & \triangle u'''(t_j) = I_{1j}(u(t_j)), \quad j = 1,\ldots,l,\\ & \triangle u''(t_j) = I_{2j}(u'(t_j)), \quad j = 1,\ldots,l,\\ & u(0) = u(T) = 0, \quad u''(0) = u''(T)= 0, \end{aligned} \] where \(A,B \in {\mathbb R}\), \(f\), \(I_{1j}\), \(I_{2j}\) are continuous, \(0<t_1< \ldots< t_l< T\). The authors give sufficient conditions for the existence of infinitely many solutions. As a main tool, they use variational methods and critical point theory. An example illustrating feasibility of results is given too.