Existence of multiple positive solutions for functional differential equations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1797-1806

  Bai, Chuan Zhi ^a   Fang, Jin Xuan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Fixed point; Functional differential equation; Multiple positive solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

FIXED POINT THEOREM; FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MULTIPLE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0042705552     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(03)90001-0     Document Type: Article

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