Positive Solutions to a Generalized Second-Order Difference Equation with Summation Boundary Value Problem

Thanin Sitthiwirattham, Jessada Tariboon
2012 Journal of Applied Mathematics  
By using Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem, we study the existence of positive solutions to the three-point summation boundary value problemΔ2u(t-1)+a(t)f(u(t))=0,t∈{1,2,...,T},u(0)=β∑s=1ηu(s),u(T+1)=α∑s=1ηu(s), wherefis continuous,T≥3is a fixed positive integer,η∈{1,2,...,T-1},0<α<(2T+2)/η(η+1),0<β<(2T+2-αη(η+1))/η(2T-η+1),andΔu(t-1)=u(t)-u(t-1). We show the existence of at least one positive solution iffis either superlinear or sublinear.
doi:10.1155/2012/569313 fatcat:u2sukgxedjgh5dfpcepruc42ii