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A Generalization of Čaplygin's Inequality with Applications to Singular Boundary Value Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

D. Willett*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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Let

(1.1)

where pkC(α, β) and - ∞ ≦ α < β ≦ ∞ . A solution of (1.1) is a nontrivial function yCn(α, β), a neighborhood of β is an interval of the form (γ, β), α ≦ γ < β, and a neighborhood of α is an interval of the form (α, γ), α < γ ≦ β.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

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