Positive solutions to a multi-point higher order boundary value problem (Q819720)

The authors study existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to the higher order multi-point boundary value problem \[ u^{(n)}(t)+\lambda g(t)f(u(t))=0, \] \[ u(0)=u'(0)=\cdots =u^{(n-2)}(0)=0,\quad \sum^m_{i=1}a_i u^{(n-2)}(\xi_i)=u^{(n-2)}(1), \] with \(a_i>0, \;i=1, \cdots, m\), \(\sum^m_{i=1}a_i=1\), and \(\frac1 2\leq \xi_1<\cdots<\xi_m<1\). For related results, see \textit{R. Ma} and \textit{L. Ren} [Appl. Math. Lett. 16, 863-869 (2003; Zbl 1070.34039)].