EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO A SYSTEM OF HIGHER-ORDER SEMIPOSITONE INTEGRAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

TitleEXISTENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO A SYSTEM OF HIGHER-ORDER SEMIPOSITONE INTEGRAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsLUCA, RODICA, TUDORACHE, ALEXANDRU
Volume19
Issue4
Start Page589
Pagination16
Date Published2015
ISSN1083-2564
AMS34B10, 34B18
Abstract

We investigate the existence of positive solutions for a system of nonlinear higherorder ordinary differential equations with sign-changing nonlinearities, subject to integral boundary conditions.

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