in this paper, we use a third degree b-spline function to construct an approximate solution forthird order linear and nonlinear boundary value problems coupled with the least square method. severalexamples are given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed technique.

in this paper, boundary value problems of fractional order are converted into an optimal control problems. then an approximate solution is constructed from translations and dilations of a b-spline function such that the exact boundary conditions are satisfied. the fractional differential operators are taken in the riemann-liouville and caputo sense. several example are given and the optimal err...

We implement a relatively new analytical technique, the variational iteration decomposition method (VIDM), for solving the eighth-order boundary value problems. The proposed method is an elegant combination of variational iteration method and decomposition method. The analytical results of the equations have been obtained in terms of convergent series with easily computable components. Numerica...

We consider the overdetermined boundary value problem for the 4-harmonic operator, Δ4 = Δ(Δ3) , and show that if the solution of the problem exists, then the domain must be an open N -ball (N 2) . As a consequence of overdetermined problems mean value results are obtained for harmonic, biharmonic, triharmonic and 4-harmonic functions. Mathematics subject classification (2010): 35J25, 35P15, 35B50.

Firstly, the surveys for studies on boundary value problems for higher order ordinary differential equations and for higher order fractional differential equations are given. Secondly a simple review for studies on solvability of boundary value problems for impulsive fractional differential equations is presented. Thirdly we propose four classes of higher order linear fractional differential eq...

In this work, by employing the Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem, we study the existence of positive solutions of a three-point boundary value problem for the following fourth-order differential equation begin{eqnarray*} left { begin{array}{ll} u^{(4)}(t) -f(t,u(t),u^{prime prime }(t))=0 hspace{1cm} 0 leq t leq 1, & u(0) = u(1)=0, hspace{1cm} alpha u^{prime prime }(0) - beta u^{prime prime pri...