A fixed-point theorem for S-type operators on Banach spaces and its applications to boundary-value problems

In this article we present a fixed-point theorem of operator equations defined in cones of Banach spaces, where the spectral radius of the operator is involved. The operator is an S-type operator, a meaning introduced here. As an application of our main theorem, we get the existence of positive solutions to two boundary-value problems, extending several results from the literature.