Multiplicity of sign-changing solutions for some four-point boundary value problem

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 434-447

  Xu, Xian ^a   O'Regan, Donal ^b  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Four point boundary value problem; Leray Schauder degree; Sign changing solutions; Strict upper and lower solutions

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FOUR-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; LERAY-SCHAUDER DEGREE; SIGN-CHANGING SOLUTIONS; STRICT UPPER AND LOWER SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 44149089072     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2007.05.030     Document Type: Article

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