Higher order boundary value problems with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 240-261

  Kong, Lingju ^a   Kong, Qingkai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary value problems; Fixed point index; Lower and upper solutions; Positive solutions; Spectral radius

Indexed keywords

FIXED-POINT INDEX; LOWER AND UPPER SOLUTION; POSITIVE SOLUTION; SPECTRAL RADII; SPECTRAL RADIUS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 71749085032     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2009.06.050     Document Type: Article

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