Positive solutions for singular third-order boundary value problem with dependence on the first order derivative on the half-line (Q982229)

Using a fixed point theorem in a cone, the authors give sufficient conditions for the existence of countably many positive solutions of the boundary value problem \[ \bigl(\varphi(-u'')(t)\bigr)'+a(t)f(t,u,u')=0,\;\;0<t<+\infty, \] \[ u(0)-\beta u'(0)=0,\;u'(\infty)=0,\;u''(0)=0, \] where \(a:[0,+\infty)\to[0,+\infty)\) has countably many singularities, \(f\in C([0,+\infty)^3,[0,+\infty))\) is such that \(f(t,(1+t)u,u')\) is bounded on \([0,+\infty)\) if \(u\) is bounded, \(f(t,0,0)\not\equiv0\) on any subinterval of \((0,+\infty)\), and \(\varphi:R\to R,\) with \(\varphi(0)=0\), is an increasing homeomorphism and positive homomorphism, i.e. \(\varphi\) is a continuous bijection such that \(\varphi^{-1}\) is also continuous, \(\varphi(x)\leq \varphi(y)\) for all \(x,y\in R\) such that \(x\leq y\) and \(\varphi(xy)=\varphi(x)\varphi(y)\) for all \(x,y\in[0,+\infty)\). Also, \(a\) and \(\varphi^{-1}\) satisfy the conditions \[ 0<\int_0^{+\infty}a(t)dt<+\infty,\;\int_0^{+\infty}\varphi^{-1}\Bigl(\int_0^sa(\tau)d\tau\Bigr)ds<+\infty \] and \[ \int_0^{+\infty}s\varphi^{-1}\Bigl(\int_0^sa(\tau)d\tau\Bigr)ds<+\infty \] and there is a sequence \(\{t_i\}_{i=1}^{\infty}\) such that \(\lim_{t\to t_i}a(t)=\infty,\) \(\lim_{i\to\infty}t_i=t_o<+\infty\) and either \(1\leq t_{i+1}<t_i\), \(t_0>1\) or \(0<t_{i+1}<t_i<1,\) \(0<t_0<1\).