Existence of positive solutions for fourth-order boundary value problems with three- point boundary conditions

Document Type : Research Articles

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Razi University, 67149 Kermanshah, Iran.

Abstract

In this work, by employing the Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem, we study the existence of positive solutions of a three-point boundary value problem for the following fourth-order differential equation begin{eqnarray*} left { begin{array}{ll} u^{(4)}(t) -f(t,u(t),u^{prime prime }(t))=0 hspace{1cm} 0 leq t leq 1, & u(0) = u(1)=0, hspace{1cm} alpha u^{prime prime }(0) - beta u^{prime prime prime }(0)=0, hspace{1cm} u^{prime prime }(1)- alpha u^{prime prime }(eta)=0, & end{array} right. end{eqnarray*} where $beta > 0, 0< eta 0$.

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