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Green’s Functions in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations

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Green’s Functions in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations

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In this monograph we will present the main topics concerning Green’s functions related to nth-order ordinary differential equations coupled with linear two-point boundary conditions. To show the potential of this theory and importance of obtaining qualitative and quantitative properties of this kind of functions, we will consider in this preliminary section a simple example to illustrate the results we are dealing with.

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Cabada, A. (2014). Green’s Functions in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations. In: Green’s Functions in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations. SpringerBriefs in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9506-2_1

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