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The existence of n positive solutions for a class of third-order three-point boundary value problems is investigated, where n is an arbitrary natural number. The main tool is Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem on the cone.
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Yao, QL. The Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Third-order Three-point Boundary Value Problem. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series 19, 117–122 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10255-003-0087-1
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Keywords
- Third-order ordinary differential equation
- three-point boundary value problem
- existence of n positive solutions
- fixed point theorem on cone.