ON THE EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO SECOND ORDER PERIODIC BVPS

The existence of positive solutions to second-order periodic BVPs-u'+Mu =j(t, u),t(0) = u(2π),u'(0) = '(2π) and u'+ Mu = I(t, u), u(0) = u(2π), u'(0) = u'(2π)is proved by a simple appliCation of a Fixed point Theorem in cones due to Krasnoselskii.

SYMMETRIC POSITIVE DEFINITE SOLUTIONS OF MATRIX EQUATIONS (AX,XB)=(C,D) AND AXB=C

The symmetric positive definite solutions of matrix equations (AX,XB)=(C,D) and AXB=C are considered in this paper. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the matrix equations to have symmetric positive definite solutions are derived using the singular value and the generalized singular value decompositions. The expressions for the general symmetric positive definite solutions are given when certain conditions hold.

On the Problem of All Equal Positive Odd Number Solutions of the Dissemination of the Ends' Guess

The thesis is concerned with the problem of the dissemination of the Ends’ guess and offers the formula of all equal positive odd number solutions.

Positive Solutions of a Semilinear Elliptic Equation with Coefficient That Changes Sign

We prove the existence of a positive solution to the problem-Δu=a(x)f(u), x∈Ω, u(x)=0,x∈Ω,where Ω is a bounded domain in R n with smooth boundary, a(x) is allowed to change sign.

Existence of Multiple Positive Solutions for Higher-Order p-Laplacian Boundary Value Problems

The existence of multiple positive solutions for a class of higher order p Laplacian boundary value problem is studied. By means of the Leggett Williams fixed point theorem in cones, existence criteria which ensure the existence of at least three positive solutions of the boundary value problem are established.

Existence of Positive Solutions for Nonlinear Conjugate Boundary Value Problems

The present paper is concerned with the existence of positive solutions of the (k,n-k) conjugate boundary value problems(-1) n-k u (h) (t)=λa(t)f(u(t)),t∈(0,1), u (i) (0)=0,0≤i≤k-1, u (j) (0)=0,0≤j≤n-k-1,where λ is a positive parmeter. Krasnoselsii’s fixed point theorem is employed to obtain the existence criteria for positive solution.

Asymptotic Behavior and Nonexistence of Positive Solutions of Delay Difference Equations *L

Aim To obtain new criteria for asymptotic behavior and nonexistence of positive solutions of nonlinear neutral delay difference equations. Methods By means of Hlder inequality and a method of direct analysis, some interesting Lemmas were offered. Results and Conclusion New criteria for asymptotic behavior and nonexistence of positive solutions of nonlinear neutral delay difference equations are established, which extend and improve the results obtained in the literature. Some interesting examples illustrating the importance of our results are also included.

Existence of Positive Solutions for a Class of Degenerate and Nondegenerate Stable Diffusion Models

This paper is concerned with a class of degenerate and nondegenerate stable diffusion models.By using the upper and lower solution method and Schauder fixed point principle,the author studies the existence of positive solutions for these stable_diffusion models under some conditions.

Existence of solutions and positive solutions to a fourth-order two-point BVP with second derivative

Several existence theorems were established for a nonlinear fourth-order two-point boundary value problem with second derivative by using Leray-Schauder fixed point theorem, equivalent norm and technique on system of integral equations. The main conditions of our results are local. In other words, the existence of the solution can be determined by considering the height of the nonlinear term on a bounded set. This class of problems usually describes the equilibrium state of an elastic beam which is simply supported at both ends.

MULTIPLE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF SINGULAR THIRD-ORDER PERIODIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

This paper deals with the singular nonlinear third-order periodic boundary value problem u'' + p(3)u = f (t, u), 0 less than or equal to t less than or equal to 2pi, with u((i)) (0) = u((i)) (2pi), i = 0, 1, 2, where p is an element of (Graphics) and f is singular at t = 0, t = 1 and u = 0. Under suitable weaker conditions than those of [1], it is proved by constructing a special cone in C[0, 2pi] and employing the fixed point index theory that the problem has at least one or at least two positive solutions.

EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE PERIODIC SOLUTIONS FOR NEUTRAL FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH DEVIATING ARGUMENTS

By means of an abstract continuation theorem, the existence criteria are established for the positive periodic solutions of a neutral functional differential equation d N d t=N(t)[a(t)-β(t)N(t)-b(t)N(t-σ(t))-c(t)N′(t-τ(t))].

AN EXISTENCE THEOREM OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ELASTIC BEAM EQUATION WITH BOTH FIXED END-POINTS

By using the degree theory on cone an existence theorem of positive solution for a class of fourth-order two-point BVP's is obtained. This class of BVP's usually describes the deformation of the elastic beam with both fixed end-points.

Existence of Positive Solutions for Systems of Second-order Nonlinear Singular Differential Equations with Integral Boundary Conditions on Infinite Interval

By using cone theory and the MSnch fixed theorem combined with a monotone iterative technique, we investigate the existence of positive solutions for systems of second- order nonlinear singular differential equations with integral boundary conditions on infinite interval and establish the existence theorem of positive solutions and iterative sequence for approximating the positive solutions. The results in this paper improve some known results.

CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL SYSTEMS WITH CRITICAL EXPONENTS

We classify all positive solutions for the following integral system：{ui（x）=∫Rn1/│x-y│^n-α fi（u（y））dy,x∈R^n,i=1,…,m,0〈α〈n,and u（x）=（u1（x）,u2（x）…,um（x））.Here fi（u）, 1 ≤ i ≤m, monotone nondecreasing are real-valued functions of homogeneous degree n＋α/n-α and are monotone nondecreasing with respect to all the independent variables U1, u2, ..., urn.In the special case n ≥ 3 and α = 2. we show that the above system is equivalent to thefollowing elliptic PDE system：This system is closely related to the stationary SchrSdinger system with critical exponents for Bose-Einstein condensate

Positive Solutions Bifurcating from Zero Solution in a Lotka-Volterra Competitive System with Cross-Diffusion Effects

A strongly coupled elliptic system under the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition denoting the steady-state system of the Lotka-Volterra two-species competitive system with cross-diffusion effects is considered. By using the implicit function theorem and the Lyapunov- Schmidt reduction method, the existence of the positive solutions bifurcating from the trivial solution is obtained. Furthermore, the stability of the bifurcating positive solutions is also investigated by analyzing the associated characteristic equation.

Existence of Positive Solutions to Boundary Value Problem for a Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equation

In this paper,we study a Dirichlet-type boundary value problem(BVP) of nonlinear fractional differential equation with an order α∈(3,4],where the fractional derivative D~α_(o^+)is the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative.By constructing the Green function and investigating its properties,we obtain some criteria for the existence of one positive solution and two positive solutions for the above BVP.The Krasnosel'skii fixedpoint theorem in cones is used here.We also give an example to illustrate the applicability of our results.

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO A CLASS OF SEMILINEAR ELLIPTIC SYSTEMS

In this paper an existence and uniqueness theorem of positive solutions to a class of semilinear elliptic systems is proved. Also, a necessary condition for the existence of the positive solution is obtained. As the application of the main theorem, two examples are given.

EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE PERIODIC SOLUTIONS FOR VOLTERRA INTERGO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

This paper deals with the existence of positive periodic solutions for a kind of nonautonomous Volterra intergo-differential equations by employing the Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem. Applying the general theorems established to several biomathematical models, the paper improves some previous results and obtains some new results.

Multiple positive solutions for a class of nonlinear four-point boundary value problem with p-Laplacian

This paper deals with the existence of multiple positive solutions for a class of nonlinear singular four-point boundary value problem with p-Laplacian：{（φ（u′））′＋a（t）f（u（t））=0, 0〈t〈1, αφ（u（0））-βφ（u′（ξ））=0,γφ（u（1））＋δφ（u′（η））0,where φ（x） = ｜x｜^p-2x,p 〉 1, a（t） may be singular at t = 0 and/or t = 1. By applying Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem and Schauder fixed point theorem, the sufficient conditions for the existence of multiple （at least three） positive solutions to the above four-point boundary value problem are provided. An example to illustrate the importance of the results obtained is also given.

CLASSIFICATION AND EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH DELAY DEPENDING ON THE UNKNOWN FUNCTION

A class of second order nonlinear differential equations with delay depenging on the unknown function of the fromin the case where ∫0∞ ds/r(s) < ∞ is studied. Various classifications of their eventually positive solutions are given in terms of their asymptotic magnitudes, and necessary as well as sufficient conditions for the existence of these solutions are also obtained.