EXISTENCE AND MULTIPLICITY OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A SYSTEM OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH COUPLED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Johnny Henderson; Rodica Luca

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Johnny Henderson, Rodica Luca. EXISTENCE AND MULTIPLICITY OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A SYSTEM OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH COUPLED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS[J]. Journal of Applied Analysis & Computation, 2017, 7(1): 134-146. doi: 10.11948/2017010

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Johnny Henderson, Rodica Luca. EXISTENCE AND MULTIPLICITY OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A SYSTEM OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH COUPLED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS[J]. Journal of Applied Analysis & Computation, 2017, 7(1): 134-146. doi: 10.11948/2017010

EXISTENCE AND MULTIPLICITY OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A SYSTEM OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH COUPLED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

1 Department of Mathematics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 76798-7328 USA;
2 Department of Mathematics, Gh. Asachi Technical University, Iasi 700506, Romania

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We study the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a system of nonlinear second-order difference equations subject to coupled multi-point boundary conditions.
- Difference equations /
- coupled multi-point boundary conditions /
- positive solutions /
- existence /
- multiplicity
MSC: 39A10

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