Symmetric positive solutions of nonlinear boundary value problems

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1310-1327

  Graef, John R ^a   Kong, Lingju ^a   Kong, Qingkai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary value problems; Cone; Existence; Fixed point theorem; Symmetric positive solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750605800     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2006.03.064     Document Type: Article

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