Existence of three solutions to a second-order nonhomogeneous multipoint boundary-value problem

Abstract

This paper is concerned with a nonhomogeneous multipoint boundary-value problem (BVP) of a second-order differential equation with one-dimensional p-Laplacian. Using multiple fixed-point theorems, new sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence of at least three solutions of this BVP are established. An example is presented to illustrate the main results. The first emphasis of this paper is to show that the approach to get three positive solutions of a BVP by using multiple fixed-point theorems can be extended to treat nonhomogeneous BVPs. The second emphasis is put on the nonlinear term f involved with the first-order delta operator.