Electronic Journal of Differential Equations,
Vol. 2004(2004), No. 06, pp. 1-8.

Title: Triple positive solutions for a class of two-point 
       boundary-value problems

Authors: Zhanbing Bai (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
         Yifu Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
         Weigao Ge (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)

Abstract: 
 We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of
 at least three positive solutions for the equation
 $ x''(t) + q(t)f(t, x(t), x'(t)) = 0 $ 
 subject to some boundary conditions. 
 This is an application of a new fixed-point theorem
 introduced by Avery and Peterson [6].

Submitted November 25, 2003. Published January 2, 2004.
Math Subject Classifications: 34B15.
Key Words: Triple positive solutions; boundary-value problem;
           fixed-point theorem.