On a Nonlocal BVP with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions

We consider the existence of at least one positive solution of the problem ${-y''(t)=f(t,y(t)), y(0)=H_1(\varphi(y))+\int_{E}H_2(s,y(s))\,ds, y(1)=0}$ , where ${y(0)=H_1(\varphi(y))+\int_{E}H_2(s,y(s))\,ds}$ represents a nonlinear, nonlocal boundary condition. We show by imposing some relatively mild structural conditions on f, H ₁, H ₂, and ${\varphi}$ that this problem admits at least one positive solution. Finally, our results generalize and improve existing results, and we give a specific example illustrating these generalizations and improvements.