Multiplicity of positive solutions for higher order sturm-liouville problems

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 169-184

  Davis, John M ^a,c   Erbe, Lynn H ^b   Henderson, Johnny ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone theory; Multiple solutions; Positive solutions; Sturm Liouville problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285502     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/rmjm/1008959675     Document Type: Article

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