Multiple positive solutions for nth-order m-point boundary value problems with all derivatives

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1064-1072

  Jiang, Weihua ^a,b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

34B10; 34B15; Green's function; m point boundary value problem; The five functional fixed point theorem

Indexed keywords

34B10; 34B15; FIXED POINT THEOREMS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; M-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; MULTIPLE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; POSITIVE SOLUTION; THE FIVE-FUNCTIONAL-FIXED-POINT THEOREM;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

GREEN'S FUNCTION;

EID: 44349184754     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2006.11.040     Document Type: Article

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