Positive solutions of BVPs for third-order nonlinear difference systems

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 611-620

  Li, Wan Tong ^a   Sun, Jian Ping ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cone; Discrete system; Fixed point; Nonlinear alternative; Positive solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

BANACH SPACE; DISCRETE SYSTEM; FIXED POINT THEORY; THIRD ORDER NONLINEAR DIFFERENCE SYSTEMS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 1842865720     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0898-1221(04)90049-1     Document Type: Article

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