Several existence theorems of nonlinear \(m\)-point BVP for an increasing homeomorphism and homomorphism on time scales (Q937014)

The authors consider the problem \[ (\varphi(u^\Delta))^\nabla+a(t)f(t,u(t))=0, \quad t\in(0,T), \] \[ \varphi(u^\Delta(0))=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}a_i\varphi(u^\Delta(\xi_i)), \quad u(T)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}b_iu(\xi_i), \] on a time scale, where \(0<\xi_1<\dots<\xi_{m-2}<\varrho(T)\), and the coefficient and the nonlinearities satisfy quite standard assumptions. By means of a cone fixed point theorem they establish conditions guaranteeing the existence of at least one positive solutions of the above problem. An example is given. According to the reviewer the assumptions posed on \(\varphi\) are such that the only possibility is \(\varphi\) being a power function.