Positive solutions for some second-order four-point boundary value problems

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-50

  Bai, Zhanbing ^a   Du, Zengji ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Cone; Fixed point; Green's function

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846910879     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2006.07.044     Document Type: Article

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