Positive solutions to indefinite Neumann problems when the weight has positive average

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Abstract: We deal with positive solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem associated with the scalar second order ODE u" + q(t)g(u) = 0, quad t in [0, T], where g:[0,+infty[,omathbbR is positive on ,]0,+infty[, and q(t) is an indefinite weight. Complementary to previous investigations in the case int0Tq(t)<0, we provide existence results for a suitable class of weights having (small) positive mean, when g(x)<0 at infinity. Our proof relies on a shooting argument for a suitable equivalent planar system of the type x' = y, qquad y' = h(x)y^2 + q(t), with h(x) a continuous function defined on the whole real line.









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