Involve: A Journal of Mathematics

• Involve
• Volume 5, Number 4 (2012), 497-504.

Positive symmetric solutions of a second-order difference equation

Abstract

Using an extension of the Leggett–Williams fixed-point theorem due to Avery, Henderson, and Anderson, we prove the existence of solutions for a class of second-order difference equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions, and discuss a specific example.

Article information

Source
Involve, Volume 5, Number 4 (2012), 497-504.

Dates
Revised: 19 February 2013
Accepted: 20 February 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.involve/1513733540

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/involve.2012.5.497

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3069051

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1277.39005

Subjects

Citation

Neugebauer, Jeffrey; Seelbach, Charley. Positive symmetric solutions of a second-order difference equation. Involve 5 (2012), no. 4, 497--504. doi:10.2140/involve.2012.5.497. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.involve/1513733540

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