A theorem on upper-lower solutions for nonlinear elliptic systems and its applications

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-182

  Li, Lige ^a   Abudiab, Mufid ^b   Ahn, Inkyung ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Non quasi monotonicity; Nonlinear boundary conditions; Nonlinear elliptic systems; Positive steady states; Upper lower solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449026374     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.08.042     Document Type: Article

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