Positive solutions for \((k, n - k)\) conjugate multipoint boundary value problems in Banach spaces (Q456559)

Summary: By means of the fixed point index theory for strict-set contraction operators, we study the existence of positive solutions for the multipoint singular boundary value problem \[ \begin{aligned} (-1)^{n-k}u^{(n)}(t) & = f(t, u(t)),\quad 0 < t < 1,\;n \geq 2,\;1 \leq k \leq n - 1, \\ u(0) & = \sum^{m-2}_{i=1} a_i u(\xi_i),\\ u^{(i)}(0)& = u^{(j)}(1) = \theta,\quad 1 \leq i \leq k - 1,\;0 \leq j \leq n - k - 1 \end{aligned} \] in a real Banach space \(E\), where \(\theta\) is the zero element of \(E\), \(0 < \xi_1 < \xi_2 < \dotsb < \xi_{m-2} < 1\), \(a_i \in [0, +\infty)\), \(i = 1, 2, \dotsc, m - 2\). As an application, we give two examples to demonstrate our results.