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POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF SINGULAR DIRICHLET PROBLEMS VIA VARIATIONAL METHODS

  • Sun, Juntao (School of Science, Shandong University of Technology) ;
  • Chu, Jifeng (Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Hohai University)
  • Received : 2011.06.09
  • Published : 2013.07.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we establish the existence results for second order singular Dirichlet problems via variational methods. Some recent results are extended and improved. Examples are also given to illustrate the new results.

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