Two-point boundary value problems for essentially singular second-order linear differential equations (Q2319418)

This paper discusses the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the differential equation \[ u''=p(t)u+q(t), t\in(a,b),\eqno(1) \] subject to the boundary conditions \[ u(a+)=0,\quad u(b-)=0,\eqno(2) \] or \[ u(a+)=0,\quad u'(b-)=0,\eqno(3) \] where \(p, q:(a,b)\to\mathbb{R}\) are locally integrable function singular at \(a\) and \(b,\) \(u(a+)\) is the right limit of \(u\) at the point \(a\), and \(u(b-)\) and \(u'(b-)\) are the left limits of \(u\) and \(u'\) at the point \(b\). Assuming that \(\int_a^b(t-a)(b-t)[p(t)]_{-}dt<+\infty,\) here \([p(t)]_{-}=(|p(t)|-p(t))/2,\) and \({\int_a^b H(p)(t)|q(t)|dt<+\infty,}\) where \(H(p)(s)=\sup\{|G(t,s)|: a<t<b\}\) for \(a<s<b\), and \(G:(a,b)\times(a,b)\to\mathbb{R}\) is the Green function of the boundary value problem for \(u''=p(t)u\) with boundary conditions (2), the author shows that there is a unique continuously differentiable function \(u:(a,b)\to\mathbb{R}\) which is a solution of (1), (2) and can be represented as \(u(t)=\int_a^b G(t,s)q(s)ds, a<t<b;\) the derivative is absolutely continuous on every closed subinterval of \((a,b)\). A similar result is given also for problem (1), (3).