Nonlinear discrete Sturm-Liouville problems at resonance (Q2381485)

Nonlinear boundary value problems of the form \[ \Delta [p(t-1)\Delta y(t-1)]+q(t)y(t)+\lambda _{k}y(t)=f(t,y(t))+h(t), \] \[ a_{11}y(a)+a_{12}\Delta y(a)=0,\quad a_{21}y(b+1)+a_{22}\Delta y(b+1)=0, \] are studied. Here \(\lambda _{k}\) is an eigenvalue of the associated linear problem, and \(f\) is subject to the sublinear growth condition \(| f(t,s)| \leq A| s| ^{\alpha }+B,\) \(t\in \{a+1,\dots,b+1\},s\in R\) for some \(0\leq \alpha <1\) and \(A,B\in (0,\infty )\). The existence and multiplicity of solutions are proved by using the connectivity properties of solution sets of parameterized families of compact vector fields.