New fixed point theorems for the sum of two mixed monotone operators of Meir-Keeler type and their applications to nonlinear elastic beam equations (Q2659590)

The authors discuss fixed point theorems for the operator class mentioned in the title. The abstract result is illustrated by an application to the fourth-order problem \[ \begin{cases} x^{(4)}(t)= f(t), x(t), x(t))\quad(0<t<1),\\ x(0)= x'(0)= 0,\quad x''(1)=0,\\ x'''(1)= g(x(1), x(1)),\end{cases} \] where \[ f(t,u,v)= \frac{t^4+ 2t^3+ t^2 u^{1/2}}{t(v^{1/3}+1)+ v^{1/3}(t^2+ u^{1/3})} \] and \[ g(u, v)=-\left(\frac{u}{v(u+1)}\right)^{1/5}\ (u,v> 0) \] which models the oscillation behaviour of an elastic beam.