Positive solution of fourth order ordinary differential equation with four-point boundary conditions

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-168

  Chen, Shihua ^a   Ni, Wei ^a   Wang, Changping ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixed point; Four point boundary value problem; Positive solutions; Upper and lower solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

FIXED POINTS; FOUR-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; UPPER AND LOWER SOLUTION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 27844581260     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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