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Original Articles

Multiple positive periodic solutions for a nonlinear first order functional difference equation

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Pages 1037-1046 | Received 18 Sep 2008, Accepted 19 Dec 2008, Published online: 05 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of at least three non-negative periodic solutions for the first order functional difference equation

Our main tool is the Leggett–Williams fixed point theorem, and our main application is a hematopoiesis model in population dynamics.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification::

Acknowledgements

Supported by National Board for Higher Mathematics (DAE) Government of India, under sponsored research scheme, vide Grant No. 48/5/2006-R&D-II/1350.

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Seshadev Padhi

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Smita Pati

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