Positive solutions to certain classes of singular nonlinear second order boundary value problems (Q1337021): Difference between revisions

The author continues to investigate the existence of solutions to the nonlinear singular boundary value problem \((1/p(t)) (p(t)y')' + q(t) f(t,y,p(t)y') = 0\), \(0 < t < 1\), with \(y\) satisfying either \(y(0) = y(1)\), \(y(1) = 0\); or \(y(1) = 0\), \(\lim_{t \to 0^ +} p(t)y'(t) = 0\). The nonlinearity \(qf\) is allowed to be singular at \(t=0\), \(t=1\), \(y=0\) and/or \(py'=0\). The main idea is to consider the corresponding approximate problems with \(y(1) = 1/n\) and/or \(\lim_{t \to 0^ +} p(t)y'(t) = - 1/n\) \((n \in \mathbb{N}^*)\) when \(qf\) is singular at \(y = 0\) and/or at \(py' = 0\), and then, letting \(n \to \infty\), to obtain the solution via the Arzela-Ascoli theorem.