We are concerned with general third-order nonlinear boundary value problems. An existence theorem
of solution is given under weaker conditions. In the meantime, an iterative algorithm with global convergence is presented. The higher order derivatives of approximate solution is obtained by using this method can approximate the corresponding derivatives of exact solution well.
1. Introduction
The third-order boundary value problems arise in the study of draining and coating flows. In the past few years, third-order boundary value problems with various types of boundary conditions have been studied in many literatures. For details, see [1–6] and their references therein. In the last decade or so, several papers [7–12] have been devoted to the study of third-order differential equations with two point boundary value conditions. In [13], the authors discussed the solvability of a class of particular third-order nonlinear boundary value problems:
In this paper, we consider third-order nonlinear equations subject to the other boundary value conditions:
In order to derive the existence theorems for solution of (1.2), we make the following assumptions H:
is completely continuous function;, , , and are bounded; on ,
where as
Under weaker conditions, we give an existence theorem. In the meantime, we give an iterative method of obtaining the solution of (1.2). The method has following features: firstly, the method is an iterative method in a wide range, that is, the convergence of iterative sequences is independent of the choice of initial values; secondly, the approximate solution obtained by using this method can approximate the higher order derivatives of exact solution well; thirdly, we consider the problem in the reproducing kernel Hilbert space and use sufficiently the good properties of the space. When we choose an appropriate reproducing kernel Hilbert space, we can discuss higher-order boundary value problems in a similar manner.
2. Several Reproducing Kernel Spaces
2.1. The Reproducing Kernel Space
The inner product space is defined by is absolutely continuous real value function in , . The inner product and norm in are given, respectively, by
In [14, 15], the author had proved that is a complete reproducing kernel space. That is, there exists a reproducing kernel function , for each fixed and any , such that The reproducing kernel can be denoted by
2.2. The Reproducing Kernel Space
The inner product space is defined by are absolutely continuous real value functions, . The inner product and norm in are given, respectively, by
where .
Theorem 2.1. The space is a reproducing kernel space. That is, for any fixed , there exists , such that for any , . The reproducing kernel can be denoted by
2.3. The Reproducing Kernel Space
The inner product space is defined by are absolutely continuous real value functions, . The definitions of inner product and norm in are the same as (2.3).
Theorem 2.2. The space is a reproducing kernel space. That is, for any fixed , there exists , such that for any , . The reproducing kernel can be denoted by
The method of obtaining the reproducing kernel and the proofs of Theorem 2.1, Theorem 2.2 are given in [16].
3. Preliminaries of Constructing Iterative Method
For the convenience of discussion, let , , then (1.2) can be converted into the form as follows:
Now, we fix and denote by . and is a known function. In order to construct the present iterative method, we will consider the following equation:
We convert (3.1) and (3.2) into the following (3.3) and (3.4), respectively,
Now, we construct an orthogonal system of functions firstly.
Let , where is dense on . Let . The orthogonal system of functions can be derived from Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process of :
where In order to emphasize the fact that the first function of orthogonal system of functions is , we denote by . Put where is the conjugate operator of . Similarly, we denote by .
Now, we introduce some notations:
;; is a orthogonal projector; is a orthogonal projector; is the orthogonal complement space of ; is the orthogonal complement space of ; denotes the element in , pick ; denotes the element in , pick .It is easy to obtain the following lemmas.
Lemma 3.1. Suppose that is dense on , then is a complete system of ; is not a complete system of ; is a complete system of ; is not a complete system of .
Theorem 3.2. is the solution of (3.4) if and only if
Proof. (Sufficiency)
From , it follows that
From and , we have
By the completeness of and (3.7), (3.8), one obtains . (Necessity)
If is the solution of (3.4), then
When , we have
When , we have
(3.10) and (3.11) yield (3.6).
In the same way, we can prove the following corollary.
Corollary 3.3. is the solution of (3.4) if and only if
4. Iterative Formulas
4.1. Iterative Formula I
Pick arbitrarily initial function in (3.4) and denote the solution of (3.4) by . Then, applying Corollary 3.3, one sees that
where
This is the iterative formula I. However, cannot be computed through finite steps. Thus, we will revise the formula.
4.2. Iterative Formula II
Replacing with in iterative formula I, we derive iterative formula II, that is
where
Lemma 4.1. Let and
then .
Proof. Note that
since
this gives us
Thus, (4.6) leads to
However,
Because , hence
Now, we prove . Suppose that , then (4.5) gives us
Since and , hence , furthermore, namely, . Note here that , one has
From () of Lemma 3.1, we know that is a complete system of . On the other hand, by , we obtain is a complete system of . This is a contradiction to () of Lemma 3.1, thus, .
From Lemma 4.1 we know that iterative formula is significative.
5. Existence of Solution for (3.3)
Put in (3.4), then by Corollary 3.3, can be written by
Replacing with , then
Obviously, iterative formula II can be converted into the form as follows:
where
Note that by Lemma 4.1 we know
in (5.5). Now suppose , if there exists an , such that then we will change definition of :
where satisfies .
Lemma 5.1. A bounded set in is a compacted set in .
Lemma 5.2. For , one has
Lemma 5.3. A bounded set in is a compacted set in .
Lemma 5.4. Let , then
Proof. (1) Since
hence, by Lemma 4.1, one gets
namely,
Note that
thus, by Lemma 5.3, there exists of , such that
By (5.11), it follows that
Therefore,
In the similar manner, one gets
Combining the above argument, we obtain
The lemma is complete from (5.13) and (5.20).
Lemma 5.5.
Lemma 5.6. If satisfies condition H, then , are bounded. (Technique of proof is similar to the Lemma 7.1 in appendix).
Lemma 5.7. If and , then does not infinitely go closer to 1, as there exists , such that .
Proof. Since and , there exists , such that .
Suppose , as . By Lemmas 5.3 and 5.6, there exists such that ; thus , , . Since , , , it follows that , , . Hence there exists an , such that , thus there exists an , such that . By (5.4), , taking limit for on both sides, we have
thus ; this is a contradiction to (H3).
Lemma 5.8. If satisfies condition H, then as . (see Lemma 7.3 in the appendix)
Theorem 5.9 (Existence). If satisfies condition H, then the solution of (1.2) exists in .
Proof. From Lemma 5.6, , so by Lemma 5.3, is compact in , then there exists convergent subsequence of , such that , in the similar manner, there exists , such that , thus , , as .
By Lemma 5.4, , as and by Lemma 5.8, , then ; thus
From (5.4) and (5.22), , the solution of (1.2) exists. Since , thus .
Theorem 5.10. If satisfies condition H and the solution of (1.2) is unique, then the sequence is convergent to , and
Proof. Suppose that is not convergent to , since is bounded, we can choose two subsequences , of such that , and , From Theorem 5.9, and are the solutions of (1.2), this contradicts the uniqueness of solution of (1.2). consequently,
In the same way, we can verify
6. Numerical Example
Now we present a numerical example for solving (1.2) in the reproducing kernel space