Multiple positive solutions of singular boundary value problem for the one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian (Q1860671)

The author studies the Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem associated to a strongly nonlinear second-order equation of the form \[ (\Phi_p(u'))'+\lambda h(t)f(u)=0,\quad p>1. \] The existence (for \(\lambda\) sufficiently small) of at least two positive solutions is proved. The function \(h\) may be singular and \(f\) is such that \(\lim_{u\to 0^+} f(u)=+\infty, \lim_{u\to +\infty} f(u)/u^{p-1}=+\infty\). The proof is performed by means of a fixed-point theorem in cones. For related and similar results, see \textit{A. K. Ben-Naoum} and \textit{C. De Coster} [Differ. Integral Equ. 10, 1093-1112 (1997; Zbl 0940.35086)] and \textit{K. Lan} and \textit{J. R. L. Webb} [J. Differ. Equations 148, 407-421 (1998; Zbl 0909.34013)].