Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Third-Order Two-Point Boundary Value Problem

Smirnov, Sergey

doi:10.2478/tmmp-2021-0027

Abstract

We study the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a third-order two-point boundary value problem by applying Krasnosel’skii’s fixed point theorem. To illustrate the applicability of the obtained results, we consider some examples.

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Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Third-Order Two-Point Boundary Value Problem

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