Triple positive solutions for some second-order boundary value problem on a measure chain

In this paper, we study the existence of three positive solutions for the second-order two-point boundary value problem on a measure chain,

where f:[t₁,σ(t₂)]×[0,∞)×R→[0,∞) is continuous and p:[t₁,σ(t₂)]→[0,∞) a nonnegative function that is allowed to vanish on some subintervals of [t₁,σ(t₂)] of the measure chain. The method involves applications of a new fixed-point theorem due to Bai and Ge [Z.B. Bai, W.G. Ge, Existence of three positive solutions for some second order boundary-value problems, Comput. Math. Appl. 48 (2004) 699–707]. The emphasis is put on the nonlinear term f involved with the first order delta derivative x^Δ(t).     

The existence of positive solutions of singular fractional boundary value problems

We discuss the existence of positive solutions for the singular fractional boundary value problem D^αu+f(t,u,u^′,D^μu)=0, u(0)=0, u^′(0)=u^′(1)=0, where 2<α<3, 0<μ<1. Here D^α is the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order α, f is a Carathéodory function and f(t,x,y,z) is singular at the value 0 of its arguments x,y,z.     

Existence and uniqueness of strictly nondecreasing and positive solution for a fractional three-point boundary value problem

In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear fractional three-point boundary value problem

     

Nonnegative solutions of singular boundary value problems with sign changing nonlinearities

The paper presents sufficient conditions for the existence of positive solutions of the equation x″(t) + q(t)f(t,x(t),x′(t)) = 0 with the Dirichlet conditions x(0) = 0, x(1) = 0 and of the equation (p(t)x′(t))′ + p(t)q(t)f(t,x(t),p(t)x′(t)) = 0 with the boundary conditions lim_t→o⁺ p(t)x′(t) = 0, x(1) = 0. Our nonlinearity f is allowed to change sign and f may be singular at x = 0. The proofs are based on a combination of the regularity and sequential techniques and the method of lower and upper functions.     

Existence of solutions for a singular system of nonlinear fractional differential equations

In this paper, we establish the existence of positive solutions for a singular system of nonlinear fractional differential equations. The differential operator is taken in the standard Riemann-Liouville sense. By using Green’s function and its corresponding properties, we transform the derivative systems into equivalent integral systems. The existence is based on a nonlinear alternative of Leray-Schauder type and Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem in a cone.     

Existence of multiple positive solutions for functional differential equations

In this paper, the existence of at least three positive solutions for the boundary value problem (BVP) of second-order functional differential equation with the form y″(t) + f(t, y^t) = 0, for t ε [0,1], y(t) -βy′(t) =η(t), for t ε [−τ,0], −γy(t) + Δy′(t) = ζ(t), for t ε [1, 1 + a], is studied. Moreover, we investigate the existence of at least three partially symmetric positive solutions for the above BVP with Δ = βγ.     

Existence and multiplicity of positive periodic solutions for a class of higher-dimension functional differential equations with impulses

This paper deals with the existence of multiple periodic solutions for n-dimensional functional differential equations with impulses. By employing the Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem, we obtain some easily verifiable sufficient criteria which extend previous results.     

Positive solutions of operator equations on ordered Banach spaces and applications

This paper is concerned with an operator equation on ordered Banach spaces. The existence and uniqueness of its’ positive solutions is obtained by using the properties of cones and monotone iterative technique. As applications, we utilize the results obtained in this paper to study the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for two classes of integral equations.     

Positive periodic solutions of second-order nonlinear differential systems with two parameters

By employing the Deimling fixed point index theory, we consider a class of second-order nonlinear differential systems with two parameters . We show that there exist three nonempty subsets of : Γ, Δ₁ and Δ₂ such that and the system has at least two positive periodic solutions for (λ,μ)Δ₁, one positive periodic solution for (λ,μ)Γ and no positive periodic solutions for (λ,μ)Δ₂. Meanwhile, we find two straight lines L₁ and L₂ such that Γ lies between L₁ and L₂.     

On sign-changing solutions for a second-order integral boundary value problem

In this paper, we obtain the existence of sign-changing solutions for nonlinear second-order differential equations with integral boundary value conditions, by applying a new fixed point theorem in ordered Banach spaces, with the lattice structure derived by Liu and Sun. Our results improve on those in the literature.     

Positive solutions for a coupled system of nonlinear fractional differential equations with integral boundary conditions

In the this paper, we establish sufficient conditions for the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to a general class of integral boundary value problems for a coupled system of fractional differential equations. The differential operator is taken in the Riemann-Liouville sense. Our analysis rely on Banach fixed point theorem, nonlinear differentiation of Leray-Schauder type and the fixed point theorems of cone expansion and compression of norm type. As applications, some examples are also provided to illustrate our main results.     

A new existence theory for positive periodic solutions to functional differential equations with impulse effects

The principle of this paper is to deal with a new existence theory for positive periodic solutions to a kind of nonautonomous functional differential equations with impulse actions at fixed moments. Easily verifiable sufficient criteria are established. The approach is based on the fixed-point theorem in cones. The paper extends some previous results and obtains some new results.     

Existence of positive solutions for th-order singular superlinear boundary value problems

This paper investigates the existence of positive solutions for 2nth-order (n>1) singular superlinear boundary value problems. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of C²ⁿ⁻²[0,1] as well as C²ⁿ⁻¹[0,1] positive solutions is given by constructing a special cone and with the e-Norm.     

Existence of solutions for a class of nonlinear Volterra singular integral equations

In this paper we prove some results concerning the existence of solutions for a large class of nonlinear Volterra singular integral equations in the space C[0,1] consisting of real functions defined and continuous on the interval [0,1]. The main tool used in the proof is the concept of a measure of noncompactness. We also present some examples of nonlinear singular integral equations of Volterra type to show the efficiency of our results. Moreover, we compare our theory with the approach depending on the use of the theory of Volterra-Stieltjes integral equations. We also show that the results of the paper are applicable in the study of the so-called fractional integral equations which are recently intensively investigated and find numerous applications in describing some real world problems.     

Existence of positive ground state solutions for a critical Kirchhoff type problem with sign-changing potential

In this work, we are interested in studying the following Kirchhoff type problem

where $\Omega ?{\mathbb{R}}^N(N\ge 3)$ is a smooth bounded domain, $2^1=\frac{2N}{N?2}$ is the critical Sobolev exponent, $0<q<1,\lambda >0$, and $f\in L^{\infty }\left(\Omega \right)$ with the set $\{x\in \Omega :f\left(x\right)>0\}$ of positive measures, and $g\in L^{\infty }\left(\Omega \right)$ with $g\left(x\right)\ge 0,g?0.$ By the Nehari method and variational method, the existence of positive ground state solutions is obtained.     

Some existence results for impulsive nonlinear fractional differential equations with mixed boundary conditions

This paper investigates the existence and uniqueness of solutions for an impulsive mixed boundary value problem of nonlinear differential equations of fractional order α∈(1,2]. Our results are based on some standard fixed point theorems. Some examples are presented to illustrate the main results.     

Approximate controllability for fractional semilinear parabolic equations

In this paper, we deal with the control systems described by a large class of fractional semilinear parabolic equations. Firstly, we reformulate the fractional parabolic equations into abstract fractional differential equations associated with a semigroup on an appropriate Banach space. Secondly, we introduce a suitable concept on a mild solution for this kind of fractional parabolic equations and present the existence and uniqueness of mild solution by utilizing the theory of semigroup of linear operator, nonlinear analysis method and fixed point theorem. Then, the approximate controllability of the fractional semilinear parabolic equations is formulated and proved. At the end of the paper, an example is given to illustrate our main results.