Twin solutions to singular boundary value problems

In this paper we establish the existence of two nonnegative solutions to singular and singular focal boundary value problems. Our nonlinearity may be singular at , and/or .

     

Existence of positive periodic solution for variable–coefficient third‐order differential equation with singularity

In this paper, we investigate a class of singular third‐order differential equations with variable coefficients. By application of Green's functions and Schauder's fixed point theorem, sufficient conditions for the existence of positive periodic solutions are established. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Positive solution for four‐point nonlocal boundary value problems of fractional order

In this paper, we consider the existence of positive solution for four‐point nonlocal boundary value problems of fractional order. By means of some fixed point theorems, some results on the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions are obtained. Furthermore, we provide a representative example to illustrate a possible application of the established results. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of solutions of periodic‐type boundary value problems for multi‐term fractional differential equations

Results on the existence of solutions of a periodic‐type boundary value problem of singular multi‐term fractional differential equations with the nonlinearity depending on are established and being singular at t = 0 and t = 1. The analysis relies on the well‐known fixed‐point theorems. An example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the main theorems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Study of implicit type coupled system of non‐integer order differential equations with antiperiodic boundary conditions

In this paper, the first purpose is to study existence and uniqueness of solutions to a system of implicit fractional differential equations (IFDEs) equipped with antiperiodic boundary conditions (BCs). To obtain the mentioned results, we use Schauder's and Banach fixed point theorem. The second purpose is discussing the Ulam‐Hyers (UH) and generalized Ulam‐Hyers (GUH) stabilities for the respective solutions. An example is provided to illustrate the established results.     

An effective approach for numerical solution of linear and nonlinear singular boundary value problems

In this study, an effective approach is presented to obtain a numerical solution of linear and nonlinear singular boundary value problems. The proposed method is constructed by combining reproducing kernel and Legendre polynomials. Legendre basis functions are used to get the kernel function, and then the approximate solution is obtained as a finite series sum. Comparison of numerical results is made with the results obtained by other methods available in the literature. Furthermore, efficiency and accuracy of the method are demonstrated in tabulated results and plotted graphs. The numerical outcomes demonstrate that our method is very effective, applicable, and convenient.     

Existence to singular boundary value problems with sign changing nonlinearities using an approximation method approach

This paper studies the existence of solutions to the singular boundary value problem

Multiple sign‐changing solutions for Kirchhoff‐type equations in

In this paper, we study the following Kirchhoff‐type equations where a>0,b⩾0,4<p<2^∗=6, and . Under some suitable conditions, we prove that the equation has three solutions of mountain pass type: one positive, one negative, and sign‐changing. Furthermore, this problem has infinitely many sign‐changing solutions. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An efficient analytic approach for solving two‐point nonlinear boundary value problems by homotopy analysis method

In this paper, we use homotopy analysis method (HAM) to solve two‐point nonlinear boundary value problems that have at least one solution. The new approach provides the solution in the form of a rapidly convergent series with easily computable components using symbolic computation software. The scheme shows importance of choice of convergence‐control parameter ? to guarantee the convergence of the solutions of nonlinear differential equations. This scheme is tested on three nonlinear exactly solvable differential equations. Two of the examples are practical in science and engineering. The results demonstrate reliability, simplicity and efficiency of the algorithm developed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multiple positive solutions for superlinear second order singular boundary value problems with derivative dependence

The existence of at least two positive solutions is presented for the singular second-order boundary value problem
{1/p（t）（ p（t）x′（t））′＋Φ（t）f（t,x（t）,p（t）x′（t））=0,0〈t〈1,
limt→0 p（t）x′（t）=0,x（1）=0
by using the fixed point index, where f may be singular at x = 0 and px ′= 0.     

Positive solutions for multi‐point boundary value problems of fractional differential equations with p‐Laplacian

This paper investigates the existence of solutions for multi‐point boundary value problems of higher‐order nonlinear Caputo fractional differential equations with p‐Laplacian. Using the five functionals fixed‐point theorem, the existence of multiple positive solutions is proved. An example is also given to illustrate the effectiveness of ourmain result. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Positive solutions for three-point boundary value problems with a non-well-ordered upper and lower solution condition

In this work, by using the fixed point index method, some existence results for positive solutions of certain three-point boundary value problems are obtained under a non-well-ordered upper and lower solution condition.     

Multiple sign‐changing solutions for a class of quasilinear elliptic equations

In this paper, we study the following quasilinear Schrödinger equations: where Ω is a bounded smooth domain of , . Under some suitable conditions, we prove that this equation has three solutions of mountain pass type: one positive, one negative, and sign‐changing. Furthermore, if g is odd with respect to its second variable, this problem has infinitely many sign‐changing solutions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A non‐linear and non‐local boundary condition for a diffusion equation in petroleum engineering

This article deals with a boundary value problem for Laplace equation with a non‐linear and non‐local boundary condition. This problem comes from petroleum engineering and is used to obtain an estimation of well productivity. The non‐linear and non‐local boundary condition is written on the well boundary. On the outer reservoir boundaries, we have both Dirichlet and Neumann conditions. In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution to this problem. The existence is proved by Schauder theorem and the uniqueness is obtained under more restricted conditions, when the involved operator is a contraction. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The existence of positive solutions to a non‐local singular boundary value problem

We consider the non‐local singular boundary value problem (1) where q ∈ C⁰([0,1]) and f, h ∈ C⁰((0,∞)), limf(x)=?∞, limh(x)=∞. We present conditions guaranteeing the existence of a solution x ∈ C¹([0,1]) ∩ C²((0,1]) which is positive on (0,1]. The proof of the existence result is based on regularization and sequential techniques and on a non‐linear alternative of Leray–Schauder type. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence results of periodic solutions for third‐order nonlinear singular differential equation

Using Green's function for third‐order differential equation and some fixed‐point theorems, i.e., Leray‐Schauder alternative principle and Schauder's fixed point theorem, we establish three new existence results of periodic solutions for nonlinear third‐order singular differential equation, which extend and improve significantly existing results in the literature.     

Existence of positive solutions for fourth‐order impulsive integral boundary value problems on time scales

This paper is devoted to the existence of positive solutions for a fourth‐order impulsive boundary value problem with integral boundary conditions on time scales. Existence results of at least two and three positive solutions are established via the double fixed point theorem and six functionals fixed point theorem, respectively. Also, an example is given to illustrate the theoretical results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multiplicity of positive solutions to boundary blow‐up problem with variable exponent and sign‐changing weights

In this paper, we consider the elliptic boundary blow‐up problem where Ω is a bounded smooth domain of are positive continuous functions supported in disjoint subdomains Ω₊,Ω_? of Ω, respectively, a ₊ vanishes on the boundary of satisfies p (x )≥1 in Ω,p (x ) > 1 on ? Ω and , and ε is a parameter. We show that there exists ε ^?>0 such that no positive solutions exist when ε > ε ^?, while a minimal positive solution u _ε exists for every ε ∈(0,ε ^?). Under the additional hypotheses that is a smooth N ? 1‐dimensional manifold and that a ₊,a _? have a convenient decay near Γ, we show that a second positive solution v _ε exists for every ε ∈(0,ε ^?) if , where N ^?=(N + 2)/(N ? 2) if N > 2 and if N = 2. Our results extend that of Jorge Garcá‐Melián in 2011, where the case that p > 1 is a constant and a ₊>0 on ? Ω is considered. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.