Uniqueness of positive solutions for a class of fourth-order boundary value problems (Q554912)

Summary: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for the following fourth-order boundary value problem: \[ y^{(4)}(t) = f(t, y(t)),\quad t \in [0 ,1],\quad y(0) = y(1) = y'(0) = y'(1) = 0. \] Moreover, under certain assumptions, we prove that the above boundary value problem has a unique symmetric positive solution. Finally, we present some examples and compare our results with the ones obtained in recent papers. Our analysis relies on a fixed-point theorem in partially ordered metric spaces.