Existence of positive solution to system of nonlinear third-order three-point BVPs (Q530260)

Summary: We are concerned with the following system of third-order three-point boundary value problems \[ \begin{aligned} u'''(t) + f(t, v(t)) = 0,\, t \in(0,1),\, v'''(t) + g(t, u(t)) = 0, \quad t \in(0,1),\\ u(0) = u''(0) = 0,\, u'(1) = \alpha u(\eta),\, v(0) = v''(0) = 0, \text{ and } v'(1) = \alpha v(\eta),\end{aligned} \] where \(0 < \eta < 1\) and \(0 < \alpha < 1 / \eta\). By imposing some suitable conditions on \(f\) and \(g\), we obtain the existence of at least one positive solution to the above system. The main tool used is the theory of the fixed-point index.