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Keywords:
reflection; Brouwer fixed point; Kirchhoff equation
Summary:
We study the nonlinear boundary value problem involving reflection of the argument \[ -M\Big (\int _{-1}^1\vert u^{\prime }(s)\vert ^2\,ds\Big )\,u^{\prime \prime }(x) = f\big (x,u(x),u(-x)\big ) \quad \quad x \in [-1,1]\,, \] where $M$ and $f$ are continuous functions with $M>0$. Using Galerkin approximations combined with the Brouwer’s fixed point theorem we obtain existence and uniqueness results. A numerical algorithm is also presented.
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