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Existence of Positive Solutions for Multi-Point Boundary Value Problem with Strong Singularity

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In this study, using a fixed point index theorem on a cone, we present some existence results for one or multiple positive solutions to the m-point boundary value problem with a nonlinear term which does not satisfy the L 1-Carathéodory condition.

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Kim, CG. Existence of Positive Solutions for Multi-Point Boundary Value Problem with Strong Singularity. Acta Appl Math 112, 79–90 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-009-9554-x

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