Positive solutions of fourth-order four-point boundary value problems with p-Laplacian operator

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1414-1423

  Zhang, Xinguang ^a   Liu, Lishan ^b,c  

^a YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fixed point theorem; p Laplacian operator; Positive solution; Singular boundary value problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548091897     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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