Positive solutions for systems of three-point nonlinear boundary value problems

Australian Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Henderson, Johnny ^a   Ntouyas, S K ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problem; System of differential equations; Three point boundary value problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649182162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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