Nonlinear scalar discrete multipoint boundary value problems at resonance

Abstract

In this work we provide conditions for the existence of solutions to nonlinear boundary value problems of the form \begin{equation*} y(t+n)+a_{n-1}(t)y(t+n-1)+\cdots a_0(t)y(t)=g(t,y(t+m-1)) \end{equation*} subject to \begin{equation*} \sum_{j=1}^nb_{ij}(0)y(j-1)+\sum_{j=1}^nb_{ij}(1)y(j)+\cdots+\sum_{j=1}^nb_{ij}(N)y(j+N-1)=0 \end{equation*} for $i=1,\cdots, n$. The existence of solutions will be proved under a mild growth condition on the nonlinearity, $g$, which must hold only on a bounded subset of $\{0,\cdots, N\}\times\mathbb{R}$.