A nonlinear perturbation of \(d^ 2u/dx^ 2+\lambda u,u(- \infty)=u(+\infty)=0\) (Q1120713)

The author considers the problem \(u''+\lambda u+g(x,u,u^ 1)=px\), \(x\in {\mathbb{R}}\), \(u(-\infty)=u(+\infty)=0\), where \(p\in L^ 1({\mathbb{R}})\) and \(u(\pm \infty)=\lim_{x\to \pm \infty}u(x)\) for \(\lambda >0\) with assumptions that the nonlinear term g is dominated by a linear perturbation of the form \(\alpha (x)u+\beta (x)u^ 1,\) \(\alpha,\beta \in L^ 1({\mathbb{R}})\). By using an inversion result for Fredholm operators of negative index the linear theory is extended to the semilinear case while obtaining sharp existence results of qualitative nature.