Multiple solutions for a system of (ni,pi) boundary value problems

Zeitschrift für Analysis und ihre Anwendungen

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 511-528

  Wong, P J Y ^a   Agarwal, R P ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Solutions of fixed signs; Systems of boundary value problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044517797     PISSN: 02322064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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