Exact multiplicity of sign-changing solutions for a class of second-order Dirichlet boundary value problem with weight function (Q2319238)

Summary: Using bifurcation techniques and Sturm comparison theorem, we establish exact multiplicity results of sign-changing or constant sign solutions for the boundary value problems \(u'' + a(t) f(u) = 0\), \(t \in(0, 1)\), \(u(0) = 0\), and \(u(1) = 0\), where \(f \in C(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})\) satisfies \(f(0) = 0\) and the limits \(f_\infty = \lim_{| s | \rightarrow \infty}(f(s) / s)\), \(f_0 = \lim_{| s | \rightarrow 0}(f(s) / s) \in \{0, \infty \}\). Weight function \(a(t) \in C^1 [0, 1]\) satisfies \(a(t) > 0\) on \([0, 1]\).