Existence of positive solutions to a higher order singular boundary value problem with fractional q-derivatives

Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 695-708

  Graef, John R ^a   Kong, Lingju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary value problems; existence; fractional q calculus; positive solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879757760     PISSN: 13110454     EISSN: 13142444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13540-013-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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