Existence and uniqueness of a periodic solution to an indefinite attractive singular equation (Q292660)

The paper deals with the differential equation having the attractive singularity at the state variable \(u=0\) \[ u'' +\frac{g(t)}{u^\lambda}=h(t)u^\delta, \eqno (1) \] where \(\lambda\in (0,\infty)\), \(\delta\in [0,1)\) and \(g,h\) are \(\omega\)-periodic functions which are Lebesgue integrable on \([0,\omega]\). The function \(g\) is supposed to be nonnegative but not necessarily essentially bounded from below by some positive constant. For \(p\in [1,\infty)\) the function \([h]_+=\frac{|h|+h}{2}\) belongs to the Banach space of \(\omega\)-periodic functions Lebesgue integrable in its \(p\)-th power. The authors establish a relation between the order of the singularity \(\lambda\), the order of the nonlinearity \(\delta\), and the regularity \(p\) guaranteeing the existence of an \(\omega\)-periodic solution to equation (1). The proof of the existence is based on the degree theory. The equestion about the uniqueness is also discussed using a suitable change of variable. Some corollaries and examples illustrating the results obtained are given at the end.