Existence of solutions for a one dimensional p-Laplacian on time-scales

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 889-896

  Anderson, Douglas ^a   Avery, Richard ^b   Henderson, Johnny ^c  

^a and Exercise Science   (United States)

^b DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Delta nabla dynamic equation; Fixed point theorems; Multiple solutions; One dimensional p Laplacian

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344674578     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190410001731416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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