## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### Existence and Monotone Iteration of Positive Pseudosymmetric Solutions for a Third-Order Four-Point BVP

#### Abstract

We study the existence and monotone iteration of solutions for a third-order four-point boundary value problem. An existence result of positive, concave, and pseudosymmetric solutions and its monotone iterative scheme are established by using the monotone iterative technique. Meanwhile, as an application of our results, an example is given.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2014, Special Issue (2014), Article ID 518238, 11 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 2 October 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1412279696

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2014/518238

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3198206

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07022538

#### Citation

Lv, Xuezhe; Wang, Libo; Pei, Minghe. Existence and Monotone Iteration of Positive Pseudosymmetric Solutions for a Third-Order Four-Point BVP. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2014, Special Issue (2014), Article ID 518238, 11 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/518238. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1412279696

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