Positive solutions of some higher order nonlocal boundary value problems

Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Webb, J R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Fixed point index; Nonlocal boundary conditions; Positive solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088746637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14173875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14232/ejqtde.2009.4.29     Document Type: Article

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