Bifurcation from interval and positive solutions of a nonlinear second-order dynamic boundary value problem on time scales (Q1938166)

Summary: Let \(\mathbb T\) be a time scale with \(0, T \in \mathbb T\). We give a global description of the branches of positive solutions to the nonlinear boundary value problem of the second-order dynamic equation on a time scale \(\mathbb T\) \[ u^{\Delta \Delta}(t) + f(t, u^\sigma(t)) = 0,\quad t \in [0, T]_{\mathbb T}, \] \[ u(0) = u(\sigma^2(T)) = 0, \] which is not necessarily linearizable. Our approaches are based on topological degree theory and global bifurcation techniques.