The method of upper and lower solutions for a Lidstone boundary value problem

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 639-652

  Guo, Yanping ^a,b,c   Gao, Ying ^a,d  

^a Hebei University of Science and Technology ^*

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d Yanbei Normal Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Lidstone boundary value problem; Lower solution; n parameter eigenvalue problem; Upper solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444452868     PISSN: 00114642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10587-005-0051-8     Document Type: Article

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