Positive solutions for system of 2n-th order Sturm–Liouville boundary value problems on time scales

Abstract

Intervals of the parameters λ and μ are determined for which there exist positive solutions to the system of dynamic equations

$$ \begin{array}{lll} && (-1)^nu^{\Delta^{2n}}(t)+\lambda p(t)f(v(\sigma(t)))=0,\quad t\in[a, b], \\ &&(-1)^n v^{\Delta^{2n}}(t)+\mu q(t)g(u(\sigma(t)))=0, \quad t\in[a, b], \end{array} $$

satisfying the Sturm–Liouville boundary conditions

$$ \begin{array}{lll} &&\alpha_{i+1} u^{\Delta^{2i}}(a)-\beta_{i+1} u^{\Delta^{2i+1}}(a)=0,\;\gamma_{i+1} u^{\Delta^{2i}}(\sigma(b))+\delta_{i+1} u^{\Delta^{2i+1}}(\sigma(b))=0,\\ &&\alpha_{i+1} v^{\Delta^{2i}}(a)-\beta_{i+1} v^{\Delta^{2i+1}}(a)=0,\; \gamma_{i+1} v^{\Delta^{2i}}(\sigma(b))+\delta_{i+1} v^{\Delta^{2i+1}}(\sigma(b))=0, \end{array} $$

for 0 ≤ i ≤ n − 1. To this end we apply a Guo–Krasnosel’skii fixed point theorem.