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# Existence of nontrivial solutions to systems of multi-point boundary value problems

• In this paper, sufficient conditions are established for the existence of at least one nontrivial solution of the multi-point boundary value system $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} -(\phi_{p_i}(u'_{i}))'=\lambda F_{u_{i}}(x,u_{1},\ldots,u_{n}),\ x\in(0,1),\\ u_{i}(0)=\sum_{j=1}^m a_ju_i(x_j),\ u_{i}(1)=\sum_{j=1}^m b_ju_i(x_j), \end{array} \right. i=1,\ldots,n.$$ The approach is based on variational methods and critical point theory.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 34B10, 34B15.

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