Advances in Difference Equations
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 609143, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/609143

Existence of Solutions for m-point Boundary Value Problems on a Half-Line

Changlong Yu , Yanping Guo and Yude Ji

College of Sciences, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, Hebei, China

Abstract

By using the Leray-Schauder continuation theorem, we establish the existence of solutions for m-point boundary value problems on a half-line x″(t)+f(t,x(t),x′(t))=0, 0<t<+∞, x(0)=∑i=1m−2αix(ηi),lim⁡t→+∞x′(t)=0, where αi∈R,∑i=1m−2αi≠1 and 0<η1<η2<⋯<ηm−2<+∞ are given.