subject to the right focal type two-point boundary conditions
We establish a criterion for the existence of at least one positive solution by utilizing Krasnosel’skii fixed point theorem. And then, we establish the existence of at least three positive solutions by utilizing Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem.
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