On boundary value problems in three-ion electrodiffusion (Q886160)

A three-ion electrodiffusion model is analyzed and described by the second order integro-differential equation \[ p''=-C_3+\varphi(x)p+C_1(p'-p'(0))p+\frac{C_2}{2}p^3p\int_0^x(C_4p^2(t)+C_5t)p(t)\, dt, \tag{1} \] subjected to the Dirichlet boundary conditions \[ p(0)=p_0,\quad p(T)=p_T. \tag{2} \] The existence of at least one classical solution is established. In the particular case \(C_1=0\), the existence of an ordered couple of lower and upper solutions is assumed and an iterative scheme that converges to a solution of the problem is constructed. Under appropriate conditions, the convergence is proved to be quadratic. As an illustration, Painlevé II solutions of a suitably constrained version of BVP (1), (2) are presented.