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Existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to a right-focal boundary value problem on time scales
Advances in Difference Equations volume 2006, Article number: 043039 (2006)
Abstract
We are concerned with proving the existence of one or more than one positive solution of an n-point right-focal boundary value problem for the nonlinear dynamic equation . We will also obtain criteria which lead to nonexistence of positive solutions. Here the independent variable t is in a time scale. We will use fixed point theorems for operators on a Banach space.
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Karaca, I.Y. Existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to a right-focal boundary value problem on time scales. Adv Differ Equ 2006, 043039 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ADE/2006/43039
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