ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
Existence and uniqueness theorems for fourth-order boundary value problems
Authors 1
Affiliations
- Institute of Mathematics, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Abstract
We establish the existence and uniqueness theorems for a linear and a nonlinear fourth-order boundary value problem. The results obtained generalize the results of Usmani [4] and Yang [5]. The methods used are based, in principle, on [3], [5].
Keywords
eigenvalue, Leray-Schauder degree, Fredholm alternative
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