Existence of positive solutions for 2nth-order singular sublinear boundary value problems

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 619-636

  Wei, Zhongli ^a  

^a SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2nth order; Lower and upper solution; Maximum principle; Positive solution; Singular boundary value problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944455509     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2004.10.037     Document Type: Article

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