Positive and dead core solutions of singular Dirichlet boundary value problems with \(\varphi\)-Laplacian (Q2460583)

The authors consider the singular Dirichlet boundary value problem \[ \begin{aligned} &(\varphi(u'(t)))' = \lambda[f(t,u(t),u'(t)) + h(t,u(t),u'(t))], \\ &u(0) = A,\quad u(T) = A, \end{aligned} \] where \(\lambda\) is a positive parameter, \(\varphi\) is an increasing homeomorphism from \(\mathbb R\) onto \(\mathbb R\), \(f\) is a continuous function on \([0,T]\times (0,A]\times\mathbb R\), \(h\) is a continuous function on \([0,T]\times [0,A]\times(\mathbb R\setminus\{0\})\), \(f\) is singular at the value \(0\) of its first phase variable and \(h\) may be singular at the value \(0\) of its second phase variable. Existence results for positive solutions, pseudodead core and dead core solutions to this problem are presented.