Existence of positive solutions for higher order \((p,q)\)-Laplacian two-point boundary value problems (Q2247846)

The authors consider a system of two higher-order equations. The operators of derivation of the equations are governed by \(p\) and \(q\)-Laplacian operators, respectively. In each equation, the continuous nonlinearities only depend on solutions. Under local growth conditions on these nonlinearities, the authors prove existence of three nonnegative solutions. The five-functional Legett-Williams type fixed point theorem is used. An example illustrates the applicability of the existence result.