Global structure of positive solutions for semipositone nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam equation with Neumann boundary conditions

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the existence of positive solutions for nonlinear fourth-order Neumann boundary value problem where k 1 and k 2 are constants, λ > 0 is the bifurcation parameter, f ∈ C([0, 1] × ℝ+, ℝ), ℝ+ := [0, ∞). We first discuss the sign properties of Green’s function for the elastic beam boundary value problem, and then we show that there exists a global branch of solutions emanating from infinity under some different growth conditions. In addition, we prove that for λ near the bifurcation points, solutions of large norm are indeed positive. The technique for dealing with this paper relies on the global bifurcation theory.