A note on existence of nonnegative solutions to singular semi-positone problems (Q4239781)

The authors discuss the existence of nonnegative solutions to the boundary value problem (BVP) \[ y''=\mu\cdot q(t)\cdot f(t,y,y'),\;0<t<1, \quad y(0)=a>0,\;y(1)=0,\tag{1} \] where \(\mu\geq 0\) is a constant; \(f(t,y,v)\geq 0\) for \(t\in[0,1]\), \(0\leq y\leq a\), \(v\in\mathbb{R}\); \(f:[0,1] \times(0, \infty) \times \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) is continuous; \(q\in C(0,1)\cap L^1[0,1]\) with \(q>0\) on \((0,1)\) and \(q\) bounded on \([0,1]\). If some conditions for functions \(f(t,y,v)\) and \(q(t)\) are fulfilled, then the BVP (1) has a solution \(y\in C^1[0,1]\cap C^2 (0,1)\) with \(y>0\) on \([0,1)\).