Monotone positive solutions for singular boundary value problems (Q1860388)

The paper deals with the problem of existence of positive monotone solutions to a nonlinear scalar differential equation of the form \[ \frac{1}{p(t)}(p(t)y'(t))' +sign(1-\alpha)q(t)f(t,y(t), p(t)y'(t))=0, \] for \(t\in(0,1)\) associated with the boundary conditions \(\gamma y(0)+\delta\lim_{t\to0+}p(t)y'(t)=0\) and \(\lim_{t\to1-}p(t)y'(t)=\alpha\lim_{t\to 0+}p(t)y'(t).\) The parameters \(\alpha, \gamma\) are positive real numbers, \(\alpha\neq 1,\) and the functions \(p,q\) are singular at \(t\in\{0,1\}\) and \(f:(0,1)\times {\mathbb R}^+\times{\mathbb R}^-\to {\mathbb R}^-\) is a continuous function. The author imposes several assumptions on the function \(f\) and, by using the shooting method, he proves the existence of solutions.