A nonlinear mathematical model of the corneal shape

Abstract In this paper, we consider a nonlinear two-point boundary value problem which is derived as a description of corneal shape. We prove some basic results concerning existence, uniqueness and estimates. We suggest some approximate solution fitting over fifteen thousands real corneal data points with an error of order of 1%.

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