Three symmetric positive solutions for lidstone problems by a generalization of the leggett-williams theorem

Electronic Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 2000, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Avery, Richard I ^a   Davis, John M ^b   Henderson, Johnny ^c  

^a DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference equation; Fixed points; Green's function; Lidstone boundary value problem; Multiple solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 52849094888     PISSN: 10726691     EISSN: 10726691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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