Singular perturbation of a second-order three-point boundary value problem for nonlinear systems

Abstract

This paper deals with the existence of solutions to a singularly perturbed second-order three-point boundary value problem for nonlinear differential systems. The authors construct an appropriate generalized lower- and upper-solution pair, a concept defined in this paper, and employ the Nagumo conditions and algebraic boundary layer functions to ensure the existence of solutions of the problem. The uniformly valid asymptotic estimate of the solutions is given as well. The differential systems have nonlinear dependence on all order derivatives of the unknown.