On the eigenvalues of boundary value problems for higher order difference equations

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 767-791

  Wong, Patricia J Y ^a   Agarwal, Ravi P ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Difference equations; Eigenvalues; Positive solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032340626     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/rmjm/1181071799     Document Type: Article

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