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On coupled systems of Lidstone-type boundary value problems

    Robert de Sousa   Affiliation
    ; Feliz Minhós   Affiliation
    ; João Fialho   Affiliation

Abstract

This research concerns the existence and location of solutions for coupled system of differential equations with Lidstone-type boundary conditions. Methodology used utilizes three fundamental aspects: upper and lower solutions method, degree theory and nonlinearities with monotone conditions. In the last section an application to a coupled system composed by two fourth order equations, which models the bending of coupled suspension bridges or simply supported coupled beams, is presented.

Keyword : coupled nonlinear systems, coupled lower and upper solutions, Lidstone-type boundary value problems, operator theory, suspension bridges

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de Sousa, R., Minhós, F. ., & Fialho, J. (2021). On coupled systems of Lidstone-type boundary value problems. Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 26(3), 358-371. https://doi.org/10.3846/mma.2021.12977
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