Positive solutions and eigenvalues of conjugate boundary value problems

Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-374

  Agarwal, Ravi P ^a   Bohner, Martin ^a   Wong, Patricia J Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 22644449268     PISSN: 00130915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0013091500020307     Document Type: Article

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