Multiplicity results for fourth order problems related to the theory of deformations beams (Q2284890)

The authors investigate the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions of the fourth order ordinary differential equation \[u^{(4)}(t)+Mu(t)+f(t, u(t) )=0, t\in [0,1], \tag{1}\] subject to the boundary conditions \[u(0)=u'(0)=u''(0)=0, \ u(1)=\lambda \int_0^1 u(s)\, ds.\tag{2} \] The authors construct and study the properties of the Green's function associated to the BVP (1)--(2). The existence and multiplicity results are obtained via the Krasnosel'skiĭ-Guo and the Leggett-Williams fixed point theorems. Two examples are presented in order to illustrate the theoretical results.