Optimal existence results for nth order periodic boundary value difference equations

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-86

  Cabada, Alberto ^a   Otero Espinar, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green functions; Lower and upper solutions; Maximum principles; Monotone iterative technique; nth order difference equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034216263     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.2000.6824     Document Type: Article

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