Positive solutions for systems of nth order three-point nonlocal boundary value problems

Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Henderson, J ^a   Ntouyas, S K ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problem; System of differential equations; Three point nonlocal boundary value problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548598401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14173875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14232/ejqtde.2007.1.18     Document Type: Article

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