On boundary value problems for a discrete generalized Emden-Fowler equation

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-31

  Yu, Jianshe ^a   Guo, Zhiming ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Difference equation; Emden Fowler equation; Saddle point theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748789580     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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