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Existence of Positive Solutions for Fourth-Order Three-Point Boundary Value Problems

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We are concerned with the nonlinear fourth-order three-point boundary value problem,,,,. By using Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we get some existence results of positive solutions.

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Bai, C. Existence of Positive Solutions for Fourth-Order Three-Point Boundary Value Problems. Bound Value Probl 2007, 068758 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/68758

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