A sum operator equation and applications to nonlinear elastic beam equations and Lane-Emden-Fowler equations (Q615902)

The paper studies the nonlinear operator equation \(A x + B x + C x = x\) on ordered Banach spaces, where \(A\) is an \(\alpha\)-concave operator, \(B\) an increasing sub-homogeneous operator, and \(C\) a homogeneous operator. By using the properties of cones and a fixed point theorem for increasing general \(\beta\)-concave operators, some new results on the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions are obtained. Applications are made to two classes of nonlinear problems; they include fourth-order two-point boundary value problems for elastic beam equations and elliptic boundary value problems for Lane-Emden-Fowler equations.