Positive solutions for a fourth order boundary value problem

Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-17

  Yang, Bo ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Fixed point theorem; Nonlinear boundary value problem; Positive solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744288267     PISSN: 14173875     EISSN: 14173875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14232/ejqtde.2005.1.3     Document Type: Article

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