Positive solutions of a singular boundary value problem for systems of second-order differential equations

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 511-519

  Liu, Weiwei ^a   Liu, Lishan ^a,b   Wu, Yonghong ^b  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Completely continuous operator; Fixed point theorem in cones; Positive solutions; Singular boundary value problem; System of differential equations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPLETELY CONTINUOUS OPERATOR; FIXED-POINT THEOREM IN CONES; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; SINGULAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; SYSTEM OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 58849110665     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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