Uniqueness of positive solutions for a class of ODE's with Dirichlet boundary conditions

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2004-11-29

Authors

An, Yulian
Ma, Ruyun

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Texas State University-San Marcos, Department of Mathematics

Abstract

We study the uniqueness of positive solutions of the boundary-value problem u'' + α(t)u' + ƒ(t, u) = 0, t ∈ (0, b) u(0) = 0 = 0, u(b) = 0, where 0 < b < ∞, α ∈ C1[0, ∞) and ƒ ∈ C1([0, ∞) x [0, ∞), [0, ∞)) satisfy suitable conditions. The proof of our main result is based on the shooting method and the Sturm comparison theorem.

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Boundary value problems, Positive solutions, Uniqueness, Shooting method, Sturm comparison theorem

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An, Y., & Ma, R. (2004). Uniqueness of positive solutions for a class of ODE's with Dirichlet boundary conditions. <i>Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, 2004</i>(142), pp. 1-9.

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