Multiple Positive Solutions of Singular Nonlinear Sturm-Liouville Problems with Carathéodory Perturbed Term

By employing a well-known fixed point theorem, we establish the existence of multiple positive solutions for the following fourth-order singular differential equation Lu=p(t)f(t,u(t),u′′(t))-g(t,u(t),u′′(t)),0<t<1,α1u(0)-β1u'(0)=0,γ1u(1)+δ1u'(1)=0,α2u′′(0)-β2u′′′(0)=0,γ2u′′(1)+δ2u′′′...

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Main Authors: Yuefeng Han, Xinguang Zhang, Lishan Liu, Yonghong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/160891
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Summary:By employing a well-known fixed point theorem, we establish the existence of multiple positive solutions for the following fourth-order singular differential equation Lu=p(t)f(t,u(t),u′′(t))-g(t,u(t),u′′(t)),0<t<1,α1u(0)-β1u'(0)=0,γ1u(1)+δ1u'(1)=0,α2u′′(0)-β2u′′′(0)=0,γ2u′′(1)+δ2u′′′(1)=0, with αi,βi,γi,δi≥0 and βiγi+αiγi+αiδi>0,    i=1,2, where L denotes the linear operator Lu:=(ru′′′)'-qu′′,r∈C1([0,1],(0,+∞)), and q∈C([0,1],[0,+∞)). This equation is viewed as a perturbation of the fourth-order Sturm-Liouville problem, where the perturbed term g:(0,1)×[0,+∞)×(-∞,+∞)→(-∞,+∞) only satisfies the global Carathéodory conditions, which implies that the perturbed effect of g on f is quite large so that the nonlinearity can tend to negative infinity at some singular points.
ISSN:1110-757X
1687-0042