Singular second order boundary value problems on purely discrete time scales

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-420

  Kunkel, Curtis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate regular problems; Brouwer fixed point theorem; Lower and upper solutions; Mixed conditions; Singular discrete boundary value problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849139500     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: 15635120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190701671657     Document Type: Article

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