Existence of \(n\) positive solutions to second-order multi-point boundary value problem at resonance (Q2902040)

This interesting paper deals with the existence of \(n\) positive solutions of a boundary value problem of the form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE-x''(t)=f(t,x(t))=0,\, 0<t<1,NEWLINE\]NEWLINE associated with the conditions NEWLINE\[NEWLINEx(0)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_ix(\xi_i),\;x(1)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\beta_ix(\xi_i),NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(0<\xi_1<\xi_2<\dotsb<\xi_{m-2}<1\) and \(\alpha_i, \beta_i\geq 0\) being such that NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_i=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\beta_i=1;NEWLINE\]NEWLINE also, \(f:[0,1]\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) is a continuous function. The results are obtained by applying an extension of a fixed point theorem based on Mawhin's coincidence degree theory on cones in Banach spaces.