Three symmetric solutions of lidstone boundary value problems for difference and partial difference equations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 6-9, 2003, Pages 1445-1460

  Wong, Patricia J Y ^a   Xie, Lihua ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundary value problems; Difference equations; Partial difference equations; Positive symmetric solutions

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

LIDSTONE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; POSITIVE SYMMETRIC SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0037732705     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(03)00102-0     Document Type: Article

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