ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Existence and uniqueness theorems for fourth-order boundary value problems

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. 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

Bibliography

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Pages:
59-64
Main language of publication
English
Received
1996-02-07
Accepted
1996-08-20
Published
1997
Exact and natural sciences