Nonpositone discrete boundary value problems (Q1817985)

The boundary value problem \[ \Delta^2 y(i-1)+\mu f\bigl(i,y(i) \bigr)=0, \] \(i=1,2, \dots,T\), \(y(0)= y(T+1)=0\), is investigated under certain conditions, in particular \(f(i,0)\leq 0\), also for \(i=0\) and \(i=T+1\). For sufficiently small positive \(\mu\) the existence of a positive solution is proved by means of the conical shell fixed point theorem.