Positive solutions for a singular superlinear fourth-order equation with nonlinear boundary conditions (Q2173555)

Summary: We show the existence of positive solutions for a singular superlinear fourth-order equation with nonlinear boundary conditions: \[ \begin{cases} u'''' (x) = \lambda h (x) f (u (x)),\, x \in (0,1), \\ u (0) = u' (0) = 0, \\ u'' (1) = 0, u'''' (1) + c (u(1)) u(1) = 0, \end{cases} \] where \(\lambda > 0\) is a small positive parameter, \(f:( 0,\infty)\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}\) is continuous, superlinear at \(\infty\), and is allowed to be singular at 0, and \(h: [0,1] \longrightarrow [0, \infty)\) is continuous. Our approach is based on the fixed-point result of Krasnoselskii type in a Banach space.