EXISTENCE OF A SOLUTION TO A CONJUGATE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM APPLYING A COROLLARY OF THE OMITTED RAY FIXED POINT THEOREM

DOUGLAS R. ANDERSON; RICHARD I. AVERY

Title	EXISTENCE OF A SOLUTION TO A CONJUGATE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM APPLYING A COROLLARY OF THE OMITTED RAY FIXED POINT THEOREM
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2015
Authors	ANDERSON, DOUGLASR, AVERY, RICHARDI
Volume	19
Issue	3
Start Page	403
Pagination	10
Date Published	2015
ISSN	1083-2564
AMS	34B15, 47H10
Abstract	This paper presents a corollary of the omitted ray fixed point theorem with an example that utilizes a non-standard existence of solutions argument, in conjunction with the mean value theorem, to prove the existence of a solution to a conjugate boundary value problem.
URL	http://www.acadsol.eu/en/articles/19/3/6.pdf
Refereed Designation	Refereed
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