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Open AccessArticlePositive Solutions to a Derivative Dependent p-Laplacian Equation with Riemann-Stieltjes Integral Boundary Conditions
Jaffar Ali, John R. Graef* and Seshadev Padhi
Annals of Communications in Mathematics 2020,
3 (1),
7-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62072/acm.2020.030102
ABSTRACT.This paper is concerned with the existence of two nontrivial positive solutions to a class of boundary value problems involving a \( p \)-Laplacian of the form\[(\Phi_p(x'))' + g(t)\,f(t,x,x') = 0, \qquad t \in (0,1),\]\[x(0) - a x'(0) = \alpha[x],\]\[x(1) + b x'(1) = \beta[x],\]where \( \Phi_p(x) = |x|^{p-2}x \) is a one dimensional \( p \)-Laplacian operator with \( p > 1 \), \( a \) and \( b \) are real constants, and \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \) are given by the Riemann–Stieltjes integrals\[\alpha[x] = \int_{0}^{1} x(t)\, dA(t), \qquad\beta[x] = \int_{0}^{1} x(t)\, dB(t),\]with \( A \) and \( B \) functions of bounded variation. The approach used is based on fixed point theorems.




