Triple positive periodic solutions of nonlinear singular second-order boundary value problems (Q2440485)

The author proves the existence of three positive solutions of the nonlinear second order periodic boundary value problem \[ u''(t)+\lambda(t)\, u(t)=f(t,u(t))\text{ for a.e. }t \in [0,2 \, \pi] , \quad u(0)=u(2\, \pi), \; u'(0)=u'(2\, \pi). \] The assumptions on function \(f\) allow that it may be singular on suitable sets, both in \(t\) and \(u\). The nonnegative function \(\lambda\in L^p[0,2\, \pi]\), for some \(p \in [1, \infty]\), is such that the Green's function related to the linear equation is strictly positive on its square of definition. The proof follows from the Legget-Williams and Krasnoselskii fixed point theorems for completely continuous operators defined in cones.