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A note on the existence of positive solutions of one-dimensional p-Laplacian boundary value problems

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This paper is concerned with the existence of positive solutions of a multipoint boundary value problem for higher-order differential equation with one-dimensional p-Laplacian. Examples are presented to illustrate the main results. The result in this paper generalizes those in existing papers.

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The author is supported by the Science Foundation of Hunan Province (06JJ5008) and the Natural Sciences Foundation of Guangdong province (No. 7004569).

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Liu, Y. A note on the existence of positive solutions of one-dimensional p-Laplacian boundary value problems. Appl Math 55, 241–264 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10492-010-0010-z

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