Journal Home Page Cumulative Index List of all Volumes Complete Contentsof this Volume Previous Article Minimax Theory and its Applications 03 (2018), No. 1, [final page numbers not yet available]Copyright Heldermann Verlag 2018 Solutions of a Class of Discrete Fourth Order Boundary Value Problems Lingju Kong Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403, U.S.A. Lingju-Kong@utc.edu [Abstract-pdf] We study the discrete fourth order boundary value problem \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} \Delta^4u(t-2)-\alpha\Delta^2 u(t-1)+ \beta u(t)=f(t,u(t)),\quad t\in [1,N]_{\mathbb Z},\\[1mm] u(-1)=\Delta u(-1)=0,\quad u(N+1)=\Delta^2u(N)=0, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} where $N\geq 1$ is an integer, $\alpha,\beta\geq 0$, and $f\colon [1,N]_{\mathbb Z}\times {\mathbb R}\to{\mathbb R}$ is continuous in the second argument. We obtain several criteria for the existence of one and multiple solutions of the problem. Our analysis is mainly based on the variational method and critical point theory. Examples are presented to illustrate our results. Keywords: Discrete boundary value problem, fourth order, solutions, variational methods, local linking, critical points. MSC: 39A10, 34B15 [ Fulltext-pdf  (291  KB)] for subscribers only.