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THREE NONNEGATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SECOND-ORDER IMPULSIVE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH A THREE-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2008

JIANLI LI*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China (email: [email protected])
JIANHUA SHEN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, College of Huaihua, Huaihua, Hunan 418008, China
*
For correspondence; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this paper, by using the Leggett–Williams fixed point theorem, we prove the existence of three nonnegative solutions to second-order nonlinear impulsive differential equations with a three-point boundary value problem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2008

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