Spectral characterization of the constant sign derivatives of Green's function related to two point boundary value conditions

Abstract

In this paper we will study the set of parameters in which certain partial derivatives of the Green's function, related to a $n$-order linear operator $T_{n}[M]$, depending on a real parameter $M$, coupled to different two-point boundary conditions, are of constant sign. We will do it without using the explicit expression of the Green's function. The constant sign interval will be characterized by the first eigenvalue related to suitable boundary conditions of the studied operator. As a consequence of the main result, we will be able to give sufficient conditions to ensure that the derivatives of Green's function cannot be nonpositive (nonnegative). These characterizations and the obtained results can be used to deduce the existence of solutions of nonlinear problems under additional conditions on the nonlinear part. To illustrate the obtained results, some examples are given.