Local existence of multiple positive solutions to a singular cantilever beam equation

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-154

  Yao, Qingliu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Existence; Multiplicity; Positive solution; Singular ordinary differential equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350708130     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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