Higher order \(\mathrm{p}\)-Laplacian boundary value problems with integral boundary conditions on the half-line (Q2239028)

This paper considers the following nonlinear higher order \(p\)-Laplacian boundary value problems with integral boundary conditions on the half-line \[ \begin{aligned} (\sigma(x)\varphi_p(u^{(n-1)}(x)))'=g(x,u(x),u'(x),\dots,u^{(n-1)}(x)),\quad x\in [0,\infty),\\ u^{(n-2)}(0)=\sum_{j=1}^{m}\alpha_j\int_0^{\xi_j}u(x)\mathrm{d}x,\quad u^{(i)}(0)=0,~ i=0,1,\dots,n-3,\\ \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty}\left(\sigma(x)\varphi_p(u^{(n-1)}(x))\right)=0, \end{aligned} \] where the function \(g\) satisfies the Caratheodory's condition with respect of \(L^1[0,\infty)\), \(\xi_j\in [0,\infty)\), \(\alpha_j\in \mathbb{R}\), \(j=1,2,\dots,m\) with \(\sum_{j=1}^{m}\alpha_j\xi_j^{(n-1)}=(n-1)!\), and \(\sigma\in C[0,\infty)\) with \(\sigma(x)>0\), \(\forall x\in [0,\infty)\). Using the extension of Mawhin's coincidence degree theory by Ge and Ren, the authors establish the existence of at least one solution to the above problem. The results obtained generalize and compliment existing results in the literature.