Existence theorems for second-order discrete boundary value problems

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 649-661

  Cai, Xiaochun ^a   Yu, Jianshe ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary value conditions; Difference equations; The Linking Theorem; The Mountain Pass Lemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646351526     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2005.07.029     Document Type: Article

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