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APPLICATIONS OF LINKING INEQUALITIES TO AN ASYMMETRIC BEAM EQUATION

  • Choi, Q-Heung (Department of Mathematics Education Inha University) ;
  • Jung, Tacksun (Department of Mathematics Kunsan National University)
  • Received : 2012.04.29
  • Accepted : 2012.06.05
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

We prove that an asymmetric beam equation has at least two solutions, one of which is a positive solution. To prove the existence of the other solution, we use linking inequalities.

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