Nonlinear singular \(p\)-Laplacian boundary value problems in the frame of conformable derivative (Q2230331)

The authors prove the existence of at least one solution of the following boundary value problems of conformable nonlinear differential equations with \(p\)-Laplacian operator and a nonlinear term dependent on the local fractional derivative of the unknown function \[ \mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\beta}\left(\varphi_{p}\left(\mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha} x\right)\right)(t)=f\left(t, x(t),-\mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha} x(t)\right), \quad t \in(0,1), \] coupled to the four-point boundary conditions \[ x(0)=0, x(1)=b_{1} x\left(\xi_{1}\right), \mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha} x(0)=0, \mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha} x(1)=b_{2} \mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha} x\left(\xi_{2}\right), \] where \(\mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\beta}\) and \(\mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha}\) are the conformable derivatives with \(1<\alpha, \beta \leq 2,1<\alpha \leq\) \(\alpha+\beta-1,0 \leq b_{1}, b_{2} \leq 1,0<\xi_{1}, \xi_{2}<1\) and \(\varphi_p(s)=|s|^{p-2}\,s\). They construct the Green's function, which is singular at \(s=0\), related to the homogeneous conformable boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} \mathbf{T}_{0+}^{\alpha} x(t)+v(t)=0, \\ x(0)=0, x(1)=b_{1} x\left(\xi_{1}\right), \end{cases} \quad t \in(0,1) \] and obtain some estimates of its bounds. The results hold from the application of the upper and lower solutions method associated with the Krasnosel'skii's fixed point theorem in a cone. The dependence of the solutions with respect to the parameters is also considered. An example is presented to illustrate the obtained results.