Successive iteration and positive symmetric solution for a Sturm-Liouville-like four-point boundary value problem with a \(p\)-Laplacian operator (Q732585)

The following boundary value problem \[ (\phi_p(u'(t)))' + q(t) f(t,u(t),u'(t)) = 0, \quad 0<t<1, \] \[ u(0)-\beta u'(\xi) = 0, \quad u(1)+\beta u'(\eta) = 0, \] is considered, where \(\phi_p(s)=|s|^{p-2}s\), \(p>1\), \(\xi\), \(\eta \in (0,1)\), \(\xi<\eta\), \(\xi+\eta=1\), \(f \in C([0,1]\times[0,\infty)\times{\mathbb R})\), and \(q \in C[0,1]\). The existence of a positive concave symmetric solution is obtained by using the monotone iterative technique.