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Existence of positive solutions for nonlinear m-point boundary value problems on time scales

Junfang Zhao1*, Hairong Lian1 and Weigao Ge2

Author Affiliations

1 School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, P.R. China

2 Department of Mathematics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P.R. China

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Boundary Value Problems 2012, 2012:4 doi:10.1186/1687-2770-2012-4

Published: 17 January 2012

Abstract

In this article, we study the following m-point boundary value problem on time scales,

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AMS Subject Classification: 34B10; 34B18; 39A10.

Keywords:
positive solutions; cone; multi-point; boundary value problem; time scale