Three positive solutions to a discrete focal boundary value problem

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-118

  Anderson, D ^a   Avery, R ^b   Peterson, A ^b  

^a Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference equations; Fixed points; Green's function

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; THEOREM PROVING;

FIXED POINTS; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0032003662     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(97)00201-X     Document Type: Article

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