Comparison of eigenvalues for a fourth-order four-point boundary value problem

Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Karna, Basant K ^a   Kaufmann, Eric R ^b   Nobles, Jason ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cone u0 positive operator; Eigenvalue problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086685126     PISSN: 14173875     EISSN: 14173875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14232/ejqtde.2005.1.15     Document Type: Article

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