Positive solution of singular Dirichlet boundary value problems for second order differential equation system (Q864640)

The paper is concerned with the existence of a positive solution to the singular Dirichlet boundary value problem for the second-order ordinary differential system for \(0<t<1\) \[ \left\{ \begin{matrix} x_1''+f_1(t,x_1,x_2)=0,\\ x_2''+f_2(t,x_1,x_2)=0\\ \end{matrix} \right. \] subject to \[ \left\{ \begin{matrix} x_1(0)=x_1(1)=0,\\ x_2(0)=x_2(1)=0,\\ \end{matrix} \right. \] where the nonlinearities \(f_1\) and \(f_2\) satisfy certain sublinear conditions and may be singular at \(x_1=0,\, x_2=0,\, t=0\) and/or \(t=1\). Using the method of lower and upper solutions both with the Schauder's fixed point theorem, the author gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of \(C[0,1]\times C[0,1]\) positive solutions as well as \(C^1[0,1]\times C^1[0,1]\) positive solutions. The paper ends with an example.