POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF THE DISCRETE BEAM EQUATION

TitlePOSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF THE DISCRETE BEAM EQUATION
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsYANG, BO
Volume19
Issue4
Start Page689
Pagination11
Date Published2015
ISSN1083-2564
AMS34B15, 39A10
Abstract

We study a boundary value problem for the discrete beam equation. Some upper and lower estimates for positive solutions of the problem are obtained. Sufficient conditions for the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions are established.

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