Existence of three solutions to a second-order nonhomogeneous multipoint boundary-value problem (Q619308)

The author investigates a nonhomogeneous multipoint BVP of a second-order differential equation with one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian \[ [p(t)\phi (x'(t))]'+f(t,x(t),x'(t))=0,\quad t\in(0,1), \] \[ \begin{aligned} \alpha x(0)-\beta x'(0)&=\sum_{i=1}^m a_i x(\xi_i)+A,\\ \gamma x(1)+\delta x'(1)&=\sum_{i=1}^m b_i x(\xi_i)+B, \end{aligned} \] where \(a_i\geq 0\), \(b_i\geq 0\), and \(A\geq 0\), \(B\geq 0\). By using multiple fixed-point theorems, new sufficient conditions guaranteeing the existence of at least three solutions of this BVP are established. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the obtained results.