Open Access Research Article

Existence of Positive Solutions for Fourth-Order Three-Point Boundary Value Problems

Chuanzhi Bai

Author Affiliations

Department of Mathematics, Huaiyin Teachers College, Huaian 223300, China

Boundary Value Problems 2006, 2007:068758 doi:10.1155/2007/68758


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Received:11 July 2007
Accepted:7 November 2007
Published:20 January 2008

© 2006 Bai

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We are concerned with the nonlinear fourth-order three-point boundary value problem , , , , . By using Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we get some existence results of positive solutions.

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