Multiple positive periodic solutions to Minkowski-curvature equations with a singularity of attractive type (Q2086002)

In this paper, a result of Ambrosetti-Prodi type for an equation having the form \[ \left ( \frac{u'}{\sqrt{1-u'^2}} \right )'+f(u)u'+\varphi(t)u^m+\frac{r(t)}{u^{\mu}}=s \] is obtained. Here, \(f\in C((0, \infty),\mathbb{R})\), \(\varphi \in C(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})\), and \(r\in C(\mathbb{R}, (0,\infty))\) are \(T\)-periodic, \(m\in(0,1]\) and \(\mu >0\) are constants, \(s\in \mathbb{R}\) is a parameter. Under some appropriate assumptions, using upper and lower solutions and Leray-Schauder degree arguments, the authors obtain the existence of some \(s_0\in (0, \infty)\) such that the equation has zero, at least one or at least two positive periodic solutions according to \(s<s_0\), \(s=s_0\) or \(s>s_0\).