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We discuss the existence of positive solutions for a fourth-order differential equation subject to nonlinear and nonlocal boundary conditions, which models a sliding bar. Our approach allows the involved nonlinearity to be singular. Our main ingredient is the theory of fixed-point index.
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Infante, G., Pietramala, P. (2013). The Displacement of a Sliding Bar Subject to Nonlinear Controllers. In: Pinelas, S., Chipot, M., Dosla, Z. (eds) Differential and Difference Equations with Applications. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 47. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7333-6_37
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