Existence of positive solutions for Neumann boundary value problem with a variable coefficient (Q762939)

Summary: We consider the existence of positive solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem \[ x''(t) + m^2(t)x(t) = f(t, x(t)) + e(t), ~t \in (0, 1), \] \[ x'(0) = 0,~ x'(1) = 0, \] where \(m \in C([0, 1], (0, +\infty)), ~e \in C[0, 1]\), and \(f : [0, 1] \times (0, +\infty) \rightarrow [0, +\infty)\) is continuous. The theorem obtained is very general and complements previous known results.