Positive Solutions for Singular Boundary Value Problems of Coupled Systems of Nonlinear Differential Equations

Ying He

School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jamp.2014.29102                

Abstract

We establish the existence of positive solutions for singular boundary value problems of coupled systems 

The proof relies on Schauder’s fixed point theorem. Some recent results in the literature are generalized and improved.

Keywords

Positive Solutions, Second-Order Boundary Value Problems, Coupled Systems, Schauder’s Fixed Point Theorem

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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