# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2015, 2015(special): 436-445. doi: 10.3934/proc.2015.0436

## Existence of positive solutions of a superlinear boundary value problem with indefinite weight

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Received  September 2014 Revised  September 2015 Published  November 2015

We deal with the existence of positive solutions for a two-point boundary value problem associated with the nonlinear second order equation $u''+a(x)g(u)=0$. The weight $a(x)$ is allowed to change sign. We assume that the function $g\colon\mathopen{[}0,+\infty\mathclose{[}\to\mathbb{R}$ is continuous, $g(0)=0$ and satisfies suitable growth conditions, including the superlinear case $g(s)=s^{p}$, with $p>1$. In particular we suppose that $g(s)/s$ is large near infinity, but we do not require that $g(s)$ is non-negative in a neighborhood of zero. Using a topological approach based on the Leray-Schauder degree we obtain a result of existence of at least a positive solution that improves previous existence theorems.
Citation: Guglielmo Feltrin. Existence of positive solutions of a superlinear boundary value problem with indefinite weight. Conference Publications, 2015, 2015 (special) : 436-445. doi: 10.3934/proc.2015.0436
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