Positive solutions of fourth-order singular three point eigenvalue problems

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1359-1367

  Zhang, Xinguang ^a   Liu, Lishan ^a   Zou, Huichao ^b  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problems; Maximal principle; Positive solutions; Upper and lower solutions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS; FIXED POINT THEOREM; MAXIMAL PRINCIPLE; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; UPPER AND LOWER SOLUTIONS;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 34249109507     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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