Positive solutions for continuous and discrete boundary value problems to the one-dimension p-laplacian (Q4663971)

This paper deals with the existence of positive solutions of the following boundary value problem \[ (\phi(u'))' + g(t)f(u) = 0\quad \text{for a.e. } t\in[0,1],\qquad u(0) = u(1) = 0, \] and also of its discrete version \[ \Delta(\phi(\Delta u(i-1))) + g(i)f(u(i)) = 0,\quad i\in N,\qquad u(0) = u(T+1) = 0, \] where \(\phi(s) = | s| ^{p-2}s\), \(p > 1\), \(N=\{1,2,\dots,T\}\) and \(T\geq 1\) is a fixed positive integer. The authors present a new existence theory for the continuous case and the discrete case. The main tool is a fixed-point theorem in cones. It seems to be difficult to utilize the norm-type expansion and compression theorem to prove authors' main existence results (see the paper of \textit{K. Lan} and \textit{J. R. L. Webb} [J. Differ. Equations 148, No. 2, 407--421 (1998; Zbl 0909.34013)] for a discussion when \(p = 2\)). Finally, as an application of the proved results, the existence of eigenvalues is obtained in the case of a continuous and discrete version of the one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian.