The Existence and Multiplicity of Solutions for Singular Boundary Value Systems with p-Laplacian

Zengxia Cai

School of Science, Linyi University, Linyi, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jamp.2015.34052                

Abstract

This paper presents sufficient conditions for the existence of positive solutions for the fourth-order boundary value problem system with p-Laplacian operator. The existence of single or multiple positive solutions for the system is showed through the fixed point index theory in cones under some assumptions.

Keywords

Coupled Singular Boundary Value Problem, Positive Solution, Fixed Point Index Theorem

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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