Multiple positive solutions of nonlinear singular boundary value problem for fourth-order equations

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 747-757

  Liu, Yansheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cone; Fourth order equation; Positive solution; Singularity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

CONE EXPANSION; ELASTIC BEAMS; FOURTH-ORDER EQUATIONS; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 7444219544     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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