Existence of nontrivial solutions to systems of multi-point boundary value problems

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2013, 2013(special): 273-281. doi: 10.3934/proc.2013.2013.273

Existence of nontrivial solutions to systems of multi-point boundary value problems

John R. Graef ^1, , Shapour Heidarkhani ^2, and Lingju Kong ^1,

1.	Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, United States
2.	Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah 67149

Received July 2012 Revised December 2012 Published November 2013

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In this paper, sufficient conditions are established for the existence of at least one nontrivial solution of the multi-point boundary value system $$ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -(\phi_{p_i}(u'_{i}))'=\lambda F_{u_{i}}(x,u_{1},\ldots,u_{n}),\ x\in(0,1),\\ u_{i}(0)=\sum_{j=1}^m a_ju_i(x_j),\ u_{i}(1)=\sum_{j=1}^m b_ju_i(x_j), \end{array} \right. i=1,\ldots,n. $$ The approach is based on variational methods and critical point theory.

Keywords: Multi-point boundary value problem, critical point theory..

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 34B10, 34B1.

Citation: John R. Graef, Shapour Heidarkhani, Lingju Kong. Existence of nontrivial solutions to systems of multi-point boundary value problems. Conference Publications, 2013, 2013 (special) : 273-281. doi: 10.3934/proc.2013.2013.273

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[8]	W. Feng and J. R. L. Webb, Solvability of $m$-point boundary value problems with nonlinear growth,, {\it J. Math. Anal. Appl.} {\bf 212} (1997), 212 (1997), 467.
[9]	J. R. Graef, S. Heidarkhani, and L. Kong, A critical points approach to multiplicity results for multi-point boundary value problems,, {\it Appl. Anal.} {\bf 90} (2011), 90 (2011), 1909.
[10]	J. R. Graef, S. Heidarkhani, and L. Kong, Infinitely many solutions for systems of multi-point boundary value problems using variational methods,, {\it Topol. Methods Nonlinear Anal.} {\bf 42} (2013), 42 (2013), 105.
[11]	J. R. Graef, L. Kong, Existence of solutions for nonlinear boundary value problems,, {\it Comm. Appl. Nonlinear Anal.} {\bf 14} (2007), 14 (2007), 39.
[12]	J. R. Graef, L. Kong, Q. Kong, Higher order multi-point boundary value problems,, {\it Math. Nachr.} {\bf 284} (2011), 284 (2011), 39.
[13]	S. Heidarkhani, Multiple solutions for a class of multipoint boundary value systems driven by a one dimensional ($p_1,\ldots, p_n$)-Laplacian operator,, {\it Abstract Appl. Anal.} {\bf 2012} (2012), 2012 (2012).
[14]	J. Henderson, Solutions of multipoint boundary value problems for second order equations,, {\it Dynam. Syst. Appl.} {\bf 15} (2006), 15 (2006), 111.
[15]	J. Henderson, B. Karna, and C. C. Tisdell, Existence of solutions for three-point boundary value problems for second order equations,, {\it Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.} {\bf 133} (2005), 133 (2005), 1365.
[16]	J. Henderson and S. K. Ntouyas, Positive solutions for systems of $n$th order three-point nonlocal boundary value problems,, {\it Electron. J. Qual. Theory Diff. Equ.} 2007, (2007).
[17]	D. Ma and X. Chen, Existence and iteration of positive solutions for a multi-point boundary value problem with a $p$-Laplacian operator,, {\it Portugal. Math. (N. S.)} {\bf 65} (2008), 65 (2008), 67.
[18]	R. Ma, Existence of positive solutions for superlinear $m$-point boundary value problems,, {\it Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc.} {\bf 46} (2003), 46 (2003), 279.
[19]	R. Ma and D. O'Regan, Solvability of singular second order $m$-point boundary value problems,, {\it J. Math. Anal. Appl.} {\bf 301} (2005), 301 (2005), 124.
[20]	B. Ricceri, A general variational principle and some of its applications,, {\it J. Comput. Appl. Math.} {\bf 113} (2000), 113 (2000), 401.
[21]	E. Zeidler, Nonlinear functional analysis and its applications,, Vol. II., (1985).

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