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Existence of three positive solutions for some second-order m-point boundary value problems

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By using fixed-point theorems, some new results for multiplicity of positive solutions for some second order m-point boundary value problems are obtained.The associated Green’s function of these problems are also given.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Hefei Teacher’s College, Heifei, 230061, China

    Liu Yang & Chun-fang Shen

  2. College of Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Xi-ping Liu

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Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Educational Department (Kj2007b055) and Youth Project Foundation of Anhui Educational Department (2007jqL101, 2007jqL102)

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Yang, L., Shen, Cf. & Liu, Xp. Existence of three positive solutions for some second-order m-point boundary value problems. Acta Math. Appl. Sin. Engl. Ser. 24, 253–264 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10255-005-5226-4

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