Existence of solutions of laminar boundary layer equations with decelerating external flows

New results on the existence and nonexistence of solutions of laminar boundary layer equations with decelerating external flows are obtained. Some previous results treated these equations with accelerating or constant external flows. Our approach is to establish a system of two integral equations with singularities which will be proved to be equivalent to the laminar boundary layer equations and prove that the system has solutions by using the Leray–Schauder fixed point theorem and the Helly selection principle.