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The authors consider a higher order boundary value problem that originates from the study of boundary value problems for the beam equation. Upper and lower estimates for positive solutions of the problem are obtained.
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Graef, J.R., Yang, B. Upper and lower estimates of the positive solutions of a higher order boundary value problem. J. Appl. Math. Comput. 41, 321–337 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12190-012-0607-3
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