Existence criterions for generalized solutions to functional boundary value problems without growth restrictions (Q2702808)

The author studies a functional-differential equation of the form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE (g(x'))'=f(t,x,x',x_t,x'_t),\quad 0\leq x \leq 1, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE with the nonlinear boundary conditions NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \alpha (x)=0,\;\beta (x')=\Lambda (x,x'),\;x_0(s)=\varphi (s),\;x_0'(s)=\psi (s)\;\operatorname {for} s\in [-r,0). NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Here, for \(r >0\), it is supposed that \(C_r, \mathbf X\) and \(C^0([-r,1])\) are Banach spaces of continuous functions on \([-r,0]\) and on \([-r,1]\) endowed with the maximum norm, respectively. For \(x\in C^0([-r,1])\) and \(t\in J\), the function \(x_t\in C_r\) is defined by \(x_t(s)=x(t+s)\), \(s\in [-r,0]\). Further, the author defines a notion of a \(D\)-function as a function \(x\) right-continuous on \([-r,0]\) and having in \([-r,0]\) at most one finite jump. \(D_r\) denotes the topological space of \(D\)-functions with the topology of pointwise convergence on \([-r,0]\). In the above problem, it is supposed that \(g:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) is an increasing homeomorphism with \(g(0)=0\), \(f\) satisfies the Carathéodory condition on \(J \times \mathbb{R}\times D^2_r\), \(\alpha , \beta \) are continuous increasing functionals on \({\mathbf X}\) with \(\alpha (0)=0\), \(\beta (0)=0\), \(\Lambda:\mathbf X\times \mathbf X\to \mathbb{R}\) is continuous and \(\varphi ,\psi \in C_r\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe author presents sufficient conditions for the existence of a generalized solution (it can be discontinuous at 0) to the above problem only in terms of sign conditions. The proofs are based on the topological degree method and Borsuk's theorem.