Research Article
Several Existence Theorems of Multiple Positive Solutions of Nonlinear ![]()
-Point BVP for an Increasing Homeomorphism and Homomorphism on Time Scales
1 Department of Mathematics, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030051, China
2 Institute of Applied Mathematics, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, Shanxi 037009, China
Boundary Value Problems 2009, 2009:584145 doi:10.1155/2009/584145
Published: 7 December 2009Abstract
By using fixed point theorems in cones, the existence of multiple positive solutions
is considered for nonlinear
-point boundary value problem for the following second-order boundary value problem
on time scales
,
,
,
, where
is an increasing homeomorphism and homomorphism and
. Some new results are obtained for the existence of twin or an arbitrary odd number
of positive solutions of the above problem by applying Avery-Henderson and Leggett-Williams
fixed point theorems, respectively. In particular, our criteria generalize and improve
some known results by Ma and Castaneda (2001). We must point out for readers that
there is only the
-Laplacian case for increasing homeomorphism and homomorphism. As an application,
one example to demonstrate our results is given.



