Positive solutions of singular boundary value problems for delay differential equations

Dynamic Systems and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-770

  Agarwal, Ravi P ^a   Staněk, Svatoslav ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Existence; Positive solution; Singular boundary value problem; Vitali's convergence theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249045522     PISSN: 10562176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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