Bifurcation from Interval and Positive Solutions of a Nonlinear Second-Order Dynamic Boundary Value Problem on Time Scales

Abstract

Let𝕋be a time scale with0,T∈𝕋. We give a global description of the branches of positive solutions to the nonlinear boundary value problem of second-order dynamic equation on a time scale𝕋,uΔΔ(t)+f(t,uσ(t))=0,  t∈[0,T]𝕋,  u(0)=u(σ2(T))=0, which is not necessarily linearizable. Our approaches are based on topological degree theory and global bifurcation techniques.