How to make use of the solution set to solve boundary value problems (Q4953568)

This paper is concerned with boundary value problems for first-order systems of differential equations of the type : \(x''(t)= f( t,x(t))\), \(x\in S\), where \(f: J\times \mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n}\) is a continuous (or Carathéodory) function, \(J\subset \mathbb{R}\) and \(S\) is a suitable subset of \(C(J, \mathbb{R}^{n})\). The set of solutions can be conveniently used as a tool to give existence results for such boundary value problems. The authors present a nice survey of results, methods, and applications concerning such a tool. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0934.00032].