Existence and multiplicity results for some three-point boundary value problems

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1686-1697

  Khan, Rahmat Ali ^a   Rafique, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Multiple solutions; Three point boundary conditions; Topological degree; Upper and lower solutions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; THREE-POINT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEGREE;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 33846655690     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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