Positive solutions for semipositone m-point boundary-value problems

Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-282

  Ma, Ru Yun ^a   Ma, Qiao Zhen ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Existence of solutions; Fixed point theorem in cones; Multi point boundary value problems; Ordinary differential equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444414147     PISSN: 14398516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10114-003-0251-9     Document Type: Article

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