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Positive solutions of fourth-order superlinear singular boundary value problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Guoliang Shi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China e-mail: [email protected]
Shaozhu Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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This paper investigates fourth-order superlinear singular two-point boundary value problems and obtains necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of C2 or C3 positive solutions on the closed interval.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2002

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