Positive solutions of singular boundary value problems for systems of nonlinear fourth order differential equations

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-498

  Liu, Lishan ^a,b   Kang, Ping ^a   Wu, Yonghong ^b   Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan ^c  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Positive solutions; Singular boundary value problems; Systems of fourth order differential equations

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

FOURTH ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; SINGULAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 36249021559     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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