Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110006, China;(2) Department of Mathematics, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China |
Abstract: | Abstract The singular second-order m-point boundary value problem , is considered under some conditions concerning the first eigenvalue of the relevant linear operators, where (Lϕ)(x) = (p(x)ϕ′(x))′ + q(x)ϕ(x) and ξ i ∈ (0, 1) with 0 < ξ1 < ξ2 < · · · < ξ m−2 < 1, a i ∈ [0, ∞). h(x) is allowed to be singular at x = 0 and x = 1. The existence of positive solutions is obtained by means of fixed point index theory. Similar conclusions hold for some other m-point boundary value conditions. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10371066, No.10371013) |