UNIQUENESS AND PARAMETER DEPENDENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF DISCRETE PERIODIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

TitleUNIQUENESS AND PARAMETER DEPENDENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF DISCRETE PERIODIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsCONNER, ANDREW, WANG, MIN, ZAJACZKOWSKI, CLAIRE
Volume19
Issue2
Start Page163
Pagination11
Date Published2015
ISSN1083-2564
AMS34B08, 34B18, 39A10
Abstract

The authors study a type of second order nonlinear discrete periodic boundary value problems. The existence and uniqueness of positive solutions are discussed. The parametric dependence of the solutions is also investigated. Two examples are given as applications of the results.

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