Uniqueness implies existence for three-point boundary value problems for dynamic equations

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1391-1395

  Henderson, J ^a   Tisdell, C C ^b   Yin, W K C ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LAGRANGE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Dynamic equation; Shooting method; Time scale

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

DYNAMIC EQUATION; SHOOTING METHOD; TIME SCALE; TIME SCALES;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 12244259084     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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