Multiple positive solutions for a second order sturm-liouville boundary value problem with a p-laplacian via variational methods

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 325-342

  Tian, Yu ^a,b   Ge, Weigao ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mountain pass theorem; Sturm Liouville boundary value problem; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849087231     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-2009-39-1-325     Document Type: Article

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