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This paper investigates some new existence results for an nth-order nonlinear differential equation with four-point nonlocal integral boundary conditions (strip/slit like conditions). Our results are based on some standard fixed point theorems and Leray-Schauder degree theory.
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Ahmad, B., Ntouyas, S.K. A study of higher-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations with four-point nonlocal integral boundary conditions. J. Appl. Math. Comput. 39, 97–108 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12190-011-0513-0
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Keywords
- Nonlinear differential equations
- Four-point integral boundary conditions
- Fixed point theorem
- Leray-Schauder degree