General Lidstone Problems: Multiplicity and Symmetry of Solutions

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 527-548

  Davis, John M ^a   Henderson, Johnny ^b   Wong, Patricia J Y ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Difference equation; Fixed points; Green's function; Lidstone boundary value problem; Multiple solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034668467     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.2000.7028     Document Type: Article

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