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Boundary value problems of second order nonlinear difference equations with Jacobi operators

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The paper is devoted to a question of existence and multiplicity of solutions of boundary value problems for a class of second order nonlinear difference equations with Jacobi operators. By using the critical point theory, some sufficient conditions are obtained.

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  1. Oriental Science and Technology College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China

    X. Liu

  2. Science College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China

    X. Liu

  3. Packaging Engineering Institute, Jinan University, Zhuhai, China

    Y. Zhang

  4. Modern Business and Management Department, Guangdong Construction Vocational Technology Institute, Guangzhou, China

    H. Shi

  5. School ofMathematics and Statistics, Hunan University of Commerce, Changsha, China

    X. Deng

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Original Russian Text © X. Liu, Y. Zhang, H. Shi, X. Deng, 2013, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii. Matematika, 2013, No. 6, pp. 123–137.

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Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, H. et al. Boundary value problems of second order nonlinear difference equations with Jacobi operators. J. Contemp. Mathemat. Anal. 48, 273–284 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068362313060046

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