Solvability of a nonlinear four-point boundary value problem for a fourth order differential equation

Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-604

  Liu, Yuji ^a,b   Ge, Weigao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Avery Henderson fixed point theorem; Boundary value problem; Cone; Multiple positive solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244439878     PISSN: 10275487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11650/twjm/1500407579     Document Type: Article

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