Volume 2011, Article ID 416416, 15 pagesdoi:10.1155/2011/416416 Research Article Existence of Solutions to a Nonlocal Boundary Value Problem with Nonlinear Growth Xiaojie Lin School of M
Trang 1Volume 2011, Article ID 416416, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/416416
Research Article
Existence of Solutions to a Nonlocal Boundary
Value Problem with Nonlinear Growth
Xiaojie Lin
School of Mathematical Sciences, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, China
Correspondence should be addressed to Xiaojie Lin,linxiaojie1973@163.com
Received 17 July 2010; Accepted 17 October 2010
Academic Editor: Feliz Manuel Minh ´os
Copyrightq 2011 Xiaojie Lin This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
This paper deals with the existence of solutions for the following differential equation: xt
f t, xt, xt, t ∈ 0, 1, subject to the boundary conditions: x0 αxξ, x1 1
0xsdgs, where α ≥ 0, 0 < ξ < 1, f : 0, 1 × R2 → R is a continuous function, g : 0, 1 → 0, ∞ is a nondecreasing function with g0 0 Under the resonance condition g1 1, some existence
results are given for the boundary value problems Our method is based upon the coincidence degree theory of Mawhin We also give an example to illustrate our results
1 Introduction
In this paper, we consider the following second-order differential equation:
xt ft, x t, xt, t ∈ 0, 1, 1.1 subject to the boundary conditions:
x 0 αxξ, x1
1
0
xsdgs, 1.2
where α ≥ 0, 0 < ξ < 1, f : 0, 1 × R2 → R is a continuous function, g : 0, 1 → 0, ∞ is a nondecreasing function with g0 0 In boundary conditions 1.2, the integral is meant in the Riemann-Stieltjes sense
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We say that BVP1.1, 1.2 is a problem at resonance, if the linear equation
xt 0, t ∈ 0, 1, 1.3
with the boundary condition 1.2 has nontrivial solutions Otherwise, we call them a problem at nonresonance
Nonlocal boundary value problems were first considered by Bicadze and Samarski˘ı
1 and later by Il’pin and Moiseev 2,3 In a recent paper 4, Karakostas and Tsamatos studied the following nonlocal boundary value problem:
xt qtfx t, xt 0, t ∈ 0, 1,
x 0 0, x1
1
0
xsdgs. 1.4
Under the condition 0 g0 ≤ g1 < 1 i.e., nonresonance case, they used Krasnosel’skii’s fixed point theorem to show that the operator equation x Ax has at least one fixed point, where operator A is defined by
Axt t
1− g1
1
0
1
s
q rfx r, xrdr dg s
t
0
1
s
q rfx r, xrdr ds. 1.5
However, if g1 1 i.e., resonance case, then the method in 4 is not valid
As special case of nonlocal boundary value problems, multipoint boundary value problems at resonance case have been studied by some authors5 11
The purpose of this paper is to study the existence of solutions for nonlocal BVP1.1,
1.2 at resonance case i.e., g1 1 and establish some existence results under nonlinear growth restriction of f Our method is based upon the coincidence degree theory of Mawhin
12
2 Main Results
We first recall some notation, and an abstract existence result
Let Y , Z be real Banach spaces, let L : dom L ⊂ Y → Z be a linear operator which
is Fredholm map of index zeroi.e., Im L, the image of L, Ker L, the kernel of L are finite dimensional with the same dimension as the Z/ Im L, and let P : Y → Y, Q : Z → Z
be continuous projectors such that Im P Ker L, Ker Q Im L and Y Ker L ⊕ Ker P, Z
Im L ⊕ Im Q It follows that L| dom L∩Ker P : dom L ∩ Ker P → Im L is invertible; we denote the inverse by KP LetΩ be an open bounded, subset of Y such that dom L ∩ Ω / ∅, the map
N : Y → Z is said to be L-compact on Ω if QNΩ is bounded, and KP I − QN : Ω → Y is compact Let J : Im Q → Ker L be a linear isomorphism.
The theorem we use in the following is Theorem IV.13 of12
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the following conditions are satisfied:
i Lx / λNx for every x, λ ∈ dom L \ Ker L ∩ ∂Ω × 0, 1,
ii Nx /∈ Im L for every x ∈ Ker L ∩ ∂Ω,
iii degJQN| Ker L , Ω ∩ Ker L, 0 / 0,
where Q : Z → Z is a projection with Im L Ker Q Then the equation Lx Nx has at least one
solution in dom L ∩ Ω.
For x ∈ C10, 1, we use the norms x∞ maxt∈0,1 |xt| and x max{x∞, x∞}
and denote the norm in L10, 1 by · 1 We will use the Sobolev space W 2,1 0, 1 which may be
defined by
W 2,1 0, 1 x : 0, 1 −→ R | x, xare absolutely continuous on 0, 1 with x∈ L10, 1.
2.1
Let Y C10, 1, Z L10, 1 L : dom L ⊂ Y → Z is a linear operator defined by
Lx x, x ∈ dom L, 2.2
where
dom L
x ∈ W 2,1 0, 1 : x0 αxξ, x1
1
0
xsdgs
. 2.3
Let N : Y → Z be defined as
Nx ft, x t, xt, t ∈ 0, 1. 2.4
Then BVP1.1, 1.2 is Lx Nx.
We will establish existence theorems for BVP1.1, 1.2 in the following two cases: casei: α 0, g1 1,1
0s dg s / 1;
caseii: α 1, g1 1,1
0s dg s / 1.
H1 there exist functions a, b, c, r ∈ L10, 1 and constant θ ∈ 0, 1 such that for all x, y ∈
R2, t ∈ 0, 1, it holds that
f
|x| θ y θ
rt, 2.5
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H2 there exists a constant M > 0, such that for x ∈ dom L, if |xt| > M, for all t ∈ 0, 1,
then
1
0
f
s, x s, xsds−
1
0
s
0
f
v, x v, xvdv dg s / 0, 2.6
H3 there exists a constant M∗> 0, such that either
0
f s, ds, dds −
1
0
s
0
f v, dv, ddv dgs
< 0, for any |d| > M∗, 2.7
or else
0
f s, ds, dds −
1
0
s
0
f v, dv, ddv dgs
> 0, for any |d| > M∗. 2.8
Then BVP1.1, 1.2 with α 0, g1 1, and1
0s dg s / 1 has at least one solution in C10, 1
provided that
a1 b1< 1
Theorem 2.2 is satisfied, and
H4 there exists a constant M > 0, such that for x ∈ dom L, if |xt| > M, for all t ∈ 0, 1,
then
1
0
f
s, x s, xsds−
1
0
s
0
f
v, x v, xvdv dg s / 0, 2.10
H5 there exists a constant M∗> 0, such that either
0
f s, e, 0ds −
1
0
s
0
f v, e, 0dv dgs
< 0, for any |e| > M∗, 2.11
or else
0
f s, e, 0ds −
1
0
s
0
f v, e, 0dv dgs
> 0, for any |e| > M∗. 2.12
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0s dg s / 1 has at least one solution in C10, 1
provided that
a1 b1< 1
3 Proof of Theorems 2.2 and 2.3
We first proveTheorem 2.2via the following Lemmas
0s dg s / 1, then L : dom L ⊂ Y → Z is a Fredholm operator
of index zero Furthermore, the linear continuous projector operator Q : Z → Z can be defined by
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs
, 3.1
and the linear operator K P : Im L → dom L ∩ Ker P can be written by
K P y
t
0
s
0
y vdv ds. 3.2
Furthermore,
K P y ≤ y1, for every y ∈ Im L. 3.3
Proof It is clear that
Ker L {x ∈ dom L : x dt, d ∈ R, t ∈ 0, 1}. 3.4 Obviously, the problem
has a solution xt satisfying x0 0, x1 1
0xsdgs, if and only if
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs 0, 3.6 which implies that
Im L
y ∈ Z :
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs 0
. 3.7
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In fact, if3.5 has solution xt satisfying x0 0, x1 1
0xsdgs, then from 3.5 we have
x t x0t
t
0
s
0
y vdv ds. 3.8
According to x1 1
0xsdgs, g1 1, we obtain
x1 x0
1
0
y sds
1
0
xsdgs
1
0
x0
s
0
y vdv
dg s
x0g1
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs,
3.9
then
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs 0. 3.10
On the other hand, if3.6 holds, setting
x t dt
t
0
s
0
y vdv ds, 3.11
where d is an arbitrary constant, then xt is a solution of 3.5, and x0 0, and from
g1 1 and 3.6, we have
x1 −
1
0
xsdgs d
1
0
y sds −
1
0
d
s
0
y vdv
dg s
d1− g1
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs
0.
3.12
Then x1 1
0xsdgs Hence 3.7 is valid
For y ∈ Z, define
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs
, 0≤ t ≤ 1. 3.13
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1−
1
0
s dg s
Qy1
1
0
y − Qysds −
1
0
s
0
y − Qyvdv dgs
1
0
y sds − Qy −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs Qy
1
0
s dg s
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs − Qy 1−
1
0
s dg s
0,
3.14
then Qy1 0, thus y1 ∈ Im L Hence, Z Im L Z1, where Z1 {xt ≡ d : t ∈ 0, 1, d ∈ R}, also Im L ∩ Z1 {0} So we have Z Im L ⊕ Z1, and
dim Ker L dim Z1 co dim Im L 1. 3.15
Thus, L is a Fredholm operator of index zero.
We define a projector P : Y → Ker L by Pxt x0t Then we show that KP
defined in3.2 is a generalized inverse of L : dom L ∩ Y → Z.
In fact, for y ∈ Im L, we have
LKP yt K P y
t yt, 3.16
and, for x ∈ dom L ∩ Ker P, we know
KP L xt
t
0
s
0
xvdv ds xt − x0 − x0t. 3.17
In view of x ∈ dom L ∩ Ker P, x0 0, and Px 0, thus
KP L xt xt. 3.18
This shows that K P L| dom L∩Ker P−1 Also we have
K P y
∞≤
1
0
y v dv dsy
1, KP y
∞≤y
1, 3.19 thenKP y ≤ y1 The proof ofLemma 3.1is finished
satisfying
f
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Proof Without loss of generality, we suppose that c1 1
0|ct|dt β > 0 Take γ ∈
0, 1/2β1/2 − a1 b1, then there exists M > 0 such that
|x| θ ≤ γ|x| M, y θ ≤ γ y 3.21 Let
a t at γct, b t bt γct, r t rt 2Mct. 3.22
Obviously, a, b, r ∈ L10, 1, and
a1≤ a1 γc1,
b
1≤ b1 γc1. 3.23 Then
a1b
1≤ a1 b1 2βγ < 1
2, 3.24 and from2.5 and 3.21, we have
f
t, x, y
at|x| bt y
3.25
Hence we can take a, b, 0, and r to replace a, b, c, and r, respectively, in2.5, and for the
convenience omit the bar above a, b, and r, that is,
f
0s dg s / 1 hold, then the set
Ω1 {x ∈ dom L \ Ker L : Lx λNx for some λ ∈ 0, 1} is a bounded subset of Y.
Proof Suppose that x∈ Ω1and Lx λNx Thus λ / 0 and QNx 0, so that
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs 0, 3.27 thus by assumptionH2, there exists t0∈ 0, 1, such that |xt0| ≤ M In view of
x0 xt0 −
t0
0
xtdt, 3.28
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1 M Lx1 ≤ M Nx1. 3.29
Again for x ∈ Ω1, x ∈ dom L \ Ker L, then I − Px ∈ dom L ∩ Ker P, LPx 0 thus from
Lemma 3.1, we know
I − Px KP L I − Px ≤ LI − Px1 Lx1≤ Nx1. 3.30 From3.29 and 3.30, we have
x ≤ Px I − Px x0 1 M. 3.31
If2.5 holds, from 3.31, and 3.26, we obtain
x ≤ 2
a1x∞ b1x
∞ r1 M
2
. 3.32 Thus, fromx∞≤ x and 3.32, we have
x∞≤ 2
1− 2a1
b1x
∞ r1 M
2
Fromx∞≤ x, 3.32, and 3.33, one has
x
∞≤ x ≤ 2
1 2a1
1− 2a1
b1x
∞ r1M
2
2
1− 2a1
b1x
∞ r1M
2
,
3.34
that is,
x∞≤ 2
1− 2a1 b1
r1M 2
: M1. 3.35 From3.35 and 3.33, there exists M2> 0, such that
x∞≤ M2. 3.36 Thus
x maxx∞,x
∞
≤ max{M1, M2}. 3.37
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Again from2.5, 3.35, and 3.36, we have
x
1 Lx1≤ Nx1≤ a1M2 b1M1 r1. 3.38 Then we show thatΩ1is bounded
Proof Let x ∈ Ω2, then x ∈ Ker L {x ∈ dom L : x dt, d ∈ R, t ∈ 0, 1} and QNx 0;
therefore,
1
0
f s, ds, dds −
1
0
s
0
f v, dv, ddv dgs 0, 3.39
From assumptionH2, x∞ |d| ≤ M, so x |d| ≤ M, clearly Ω2is bounded
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
f s, ds, dds −
1
0
s
0
f v, dv, ddv dgs
< 0, 3.40
for all |d| > M∗ Let
Ω3 {x ∈ Ker L : −λx 1 − λJQNx 0, λ ∈ 0, 1}, 3.41
where J : Im Q → Ker L is the linear isomorphism given by Jd dt, for all d ∈ R, t ∈ 0, 1 Then
Ω3is bounded.
Proof Suppose that x d0t∈ Ω3, then we obtain
λd0t 1 − λt
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
f s, d0s, d0ds −
1
0
s
0
f v, d0v, d0dv dgs
, 0≤ t ≤ 1, 3.42
or equivalently
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
f s, d0s, d0ds −
1
0
s
0
f v, d0v, d0dv dgs
. 3.43
If λ 1, then d0 0 Otherwise, if |d0| > M∗, in view of3.40, one has
λd20 d01 − λ
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
f s, d0s, d0ds −
1
0
s
0
f v, d0v, d0dv dgs
< 0, 3.44
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0 ≥ 0 Then |x| |d0t | ≤ |d0| ≤ M∗and we obtainx ≤ M∗; therefore,
Ω3⊂ {x ∈ Ker L : x ≤ M∗} is bounded
The proof of Theorem 2.2 is now an easy consequence of the above lemmas and
Theorem 2.1
Proof of Theorem 2.2 Let Ω {x ∈ Y : x < δ} such that3
i1Ωi ⊂ Ω By the Ascoli-Arzela
theorem, it can be shown that KP I − QN : Ω → Y is compact; thus N is L-compact on Ω.
Then by the above Lemmas, we have the following
i Lx / λNx for every x, λ ∈ dom L \ Ker L ∩ ∂Ω × 0, 1.
ii Nx /∈ Im L for every x ∈ Ker L ∩ ∂Ω.
iii Let Hx, λ −λx 1 − λJQNx, with J as inLemma 3.5 We know H x, λ / 0, for
x ∈ Ker L ∩ ∂Ω Thus, by the homotopy property of degree, we get
degJQN|Ker L , Ω ∩ Ker L, 0 degH·, 0, Ω ∩ Ker L, 0
degH·, 1, Ω ∩ Ker L, 0
deg−I, Ω ∩ Ker L, 0.
3.45
According to definition of degree on a space which is isomorphic to R n , n <∞, and
Ω ∩ Ker L {dt : |d| < δ}. 3.46
We have
deg−I, Ω ∩ Ker L, 0 deg−J−1IJ, J−1Ω ∩ Ker L, J−1{0}
deg−I, −δ, δ, 0 −1 / 0,
3.47
and then
degJQN|Ker L , Ω ∩ Ker L, 0 / 0. 3.48
Then byTheorem 2.1, Lx Nx has at least one solution in dom L ∩ Ω, so that the BVP 1.1,
1.2 has at least one solution in C10, 1 The proof is completed.
Remark 3.6 If the second part of conditionH3 ofTheorem 2.2holds, that is,
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
f s, ds, dds −
1
0
s
0
f v, dv, ddv dgs
> 0, 3.49
for all|d| > M∗, then inLemma 3.5, we take
Ω3 {x ∈ Ker L : λx 1 − λJQNx 0, λ ∈ 0, 1}, 3.50
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and exactly as there, we can prove thatΩ3is bounded Then in the proof ofTheorem 2.2, we have
degJQN|Ker L , Ω ∩ Ker L, 0 degI, Ω ∩ Ker L, 0 1, 3.51 since 0∈ Ω ∩ Ker L The remainder of the proof is the same.
By using the same method as in the proof ofTheorem 2.2and Lemmas3.1–3.5, we can showLemma 3.7andTheorem 2.3
0s dg s / 1, then L : dom L ⊂ Y → Z is a Fredholm operator
of index zero Furthermore, the linear continuous projector operator Q : Z → Z can be defined by
1−1
0s dg s
1 0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs
, 3.52
and the linear operator K P : Im L → dom L ∩ Ker P can be written by
K P y −t
ξ
ξ
0
s
0
y vdv ds
t
0
s
0
y vdv ds. 3.53
Furthermore,
K P y ≤ 2y1, ∀y ∈ Im L. 3.54
Notice that
Ker L {x ∈ dom L : x e, e ∈ R},
Im L
y ∈ Z :
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs 0
. 3.55
Proof of Theorem 2.3 Let
Ω1 {x ∈ dom L \ Ker L : Lx λNx for some λ ∈ 0, 1}. 3.56
Then, for x∈ Ω1, Lx λNx; thus λ / 0, Nx ∈ Im L Ker Q; hence
1
0
y sds −
1
0
s
0
y vdv dgs 0, 3.57
thus, from assumptionH4, there exists t0 ∈ 0, 1, such that |xt0| < M and in view of
x 0 xt0 −t0
0 xtdt, we obtain
|x0| ≤ M x
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t
t1xtdt, one has
x
∞≤x
We let P x x0; hence from 3.58 and 3.59, we have
Px |x0| ≤ M x
∞≤ M x
1
M Lx1≤ M Nx1, 3.60
thus, by using the same method as in the proof of Lemmas3.2and3.3, we can prove thatΩ1
is bounded too Similar to the other proof of Lemmas3.4–3.7andTheorem 2.2, we can verify
Theorem 2.3
Finally, we give two examples to demonstrate our results
Example 3.8 Consider the following boundary value problem:
x t3 8 sin x31
9t 1x, t ∈ 0, 1,
x 0 0, x1
1
0
xsdgs,
3.61
where α 0,
f
t, x, y
t3 8 sin x31
9t 1y, t ∈ 0, 1, 3.62
and gs s2 satisfying g0 0, g1 1, and1
0s dg s 2/3 / 1, then we can choose
a t 0, bt 2/9, and rt 10, for t ∈ 0, 1; thus
f
t, x, y
9 y
a1 b1 2
9 <
1
2.
3.63
Since
1
0
f
s, x s, xsds−
1
0
s
0
f
v, x v, xvdv dg s
1
0
f
v, x v, xvdv dg s −
1
0
s
0
f
v, x v, xvdv dg s
1
0
1
s
f
v, x v, xvdv dg s,
3.64
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In fact, if3.5 has solution xt satisfying x0 0, x1...
satisfying
f
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Proof Without loss of. ..
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1 M Lx1 ≤ M Nx1.