EXISTENCE RESULTS FOR THIRD-ORDER THREE-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM ON TIME SCALES

  • Liu, Jian (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Shandong Economics University)
  • Received : 2009.08.13
  • Accepted : 2009.12.23
  • Published : 2010.05.30

Abstract

In this paper, a third-order three-point boundary value problem on time scales is considered. We establish criteria for the existence of a solution and a positive solution by using the Leray-Schauder fixed point theorem. An example is also given to illustrate our results.

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