Solvability in \(L_p\) of the Dirichlet problem for a singular nonhomogeneous Sturm-Liouville equation (Q1289310)

The authors investigate the solvability of the singular boundary value problem \[ \begin{gathered} -(r(t)y')'+q(t)y=f(x),\quad x\in \mathbb{R}, \tag{*} \\ \lim_{| x| \to \infty}y(x)=0. \tag{**} \end{gathered} \] It is supposed that (i) equation (*) admits a unique solution of the form \[ y(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}G(x,t)f(t) dt, \] where \[ G(x,t)=u(x)v(t),\;x\geq t,\quad\text{ or }\quad G(x,t)=u(t)v(x)\;x\leq t, \] \(u,v\) being a special fundamental of solutions to (*) with \(f\equiv 0\) which is closely related to the so-called principal solution to this equation at \(\pm \infty\), and that (ii) there exists a constant \(c=c(p)\) (independent of \(f\)) such that for all \(p\in[1,\infty]\) and \(f\in L_p(\mathbb{R})\) \(| | y| | _p\leq c| | f| | _p\). Equation (*) satisfying (i), (ii) is called standard. The conditions for solvability of (*), (**) with standard (*) are in terms of the local averages of the functions \(r,g\).