Existence of positive solutions for second-order semipositone differential equations on the half-line (Q870215)

The authors are concerned with the existence of positive solutions of a semi-positone Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem on the half-line of the form \[ (p(t)x'(t))'+f(t,x)+q(t)=0, \] \[ \alpha_1 x(0)-\beta_1\lim_{t\rightarrow 0^+}p(t)x'(t)=0, \] \[ \alpha_2 \lim_{t\rightarrow +\infty}x(t)-\beta_2\lim_{t\rightarrow +\infty}p(t)x'(t)=0, \] where \(\alpha_i\geq 0,\; \beta_i>0\; (i=1,2)\) with \[ \alpha_2\beta_1+\alpha_1\beta_2 +\alpha_1\alpha_2\int^{+\infty}_0 \frac{ds}{p(s)}>0;\quad q:(0,\infty)\to R \] is Lebesgue integrable. Their main results generalize those obtained in \textit{Yansheng Liu} [Appl. Math. Comput. 144, 543--556 (2003; Zbl 1036.34027)].