Existence of positive solutions for second-order boundary value problems on infinity intervals (Q1861871)

The author considers the second-order boundary value problem \[ y^{\prime \prime} +g(t,y,y^{\prime })=0\text{ for a.e. }0<t<+\infty,\; y(0)=0,\; y \text{ bounded on }[0,\infty), \] where \(g\) satisfies the Carathéodory conditions. Two more conditions are assumed: (A1): For any \(H>0,\) there exists a function \(\psi _{H}\in C([ 0,\infty ) ,[ 0,\infty ) )\) which does not vanish identically on any subinterval of \(( 0,\infty ) ,\) and a constant \(\gamma \in [ 0,1) \) with \(g( t,u,v) \geq \psi _{H}( t) v^{\gamma },\;\)on \([ 0,\infty ) \times [ 0,H] ^{2}.\) (A2): There exist functions \(p,\;q,\;r:[0,\infty) \to [0,\infty)\) such that \[ Q=\int_{0}^{\infty }q(s)\,ds<+\infty ,\;Q_{1}=\int_{0}^{\infty }sq(s)\,ds<+\infty ,\;P_{1}=\int_{0}^{\infty }sq(s)\,ds<+\infty , \] \[ \;R=\int_{0}^{\infty }r(s)\,ds<+\infty ,\;R_{1}=\int_{0}^{\infty }sr(s)\,ds<+\infty ,\; \] and \(| g( t,u,v) | \leq p(t)| u| +q(t)| v| +r(t)\) for a.e. \(t\in [0,\infty)\) and all \(( u,v) \in [ 0,\infty ) ^{2}.\) The main result asserts that the problem above has at least one solution provided \(P_{1}+Q<1.\) The Leray-Schauder continuation theorem is used for establishing the result. However, the method of obtaining the needed a priori estimates is different from that of either the pionneer related works [\textit{R. P. Agarwal} and \textit{D. O'Regan}, Tohoku Math. J., II. Ser. 51, No. 3, 391--397 (1999; Zbl 0942.34026)] or [\textit{A. Constantin}, Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., IV. Ser. 176, 379--394 (1999; Zbl 0969.34024)]. The author gives an interesting example to which the main result of his article applies but not those of Agarwal and O'Regan nor Constantin cited above.