Existence and approximation of solutions for nonlinear second-order four-point boundary value problems

Abstract

Applying the method of upper and lower solutions, Leray–Schauder degree theory and one-sided Nagumo condition, we obtain the existence and uniqueness results for a class of nonlinear second-order four-point boundary value problems. By the generalized approximation method, a monotone iteration sequence which converges uniformly to the unique solution of the nonlinear problem and converges quadratically to the unique solution of the linear problem is also obtained.