# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2012, 11(5): 1615-1628. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.1615

## Positive solutions of a fourth-order boundary value problem involving derivatives of all orders

 1 Department of Mathematics, Qingdao Technological University, No 11 Fushun Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China 2 Department of Mathematics, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou 221116

Received  May 2010 Revised  December 2011 Published  March 2012

This paper is mainly concerned with the existence, multiplicity and uniqueness of positive solutions for the fourth-order boundary value problem \begin{eqnarray*} u^{(4)}=f(t,u,u^\prime,-u^{\prime\prime},-u^{\prime\prime\prime}),\\ u(0)=u^\prime(1)=u^{\prime\prime}(0)=u^{\prime\prime\prime}(1)=0, \end{eqnarray*} where $f\in C([0,1]\times\mathbb R_+^4,\mathbb R_+)(\mathbb R_+:=[0,\infty))$. Based on a priori estimates achieved by utilizing some integral identities and inequalities, we use fixed point index theory to prove the existence, multiplicity and uniqueness of positive solutions for the above problem. Finally, as a byproduct, our main results are applied to establish the existence, multiplicity and uniqueness of symmetric positive solutions for the fourth order Lidstone problem.
Citation: Zhilin Yang, Jingxian Sun. Positive solutions of a fourth-order boundary value problem involving derivatives of all orders. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2012, 11 (5) : 1615-1628. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.1615
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