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Positive solutions to indefinite Neumann problems when the weight has positive average
We deal with positive solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem
associated with the scalar second order ODE where is positive on and is an indefinite weight. Complementary to previous
investigations in the case , we provide existence results
for a suitable class of weights having (small) positive mean, when
at infinity. Our proof relies on a shooting argument for a suitable equivalent
planar system of the type with
a continuous function defined on the whole real line.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figure
Pairs of positive periodic solutions of nonlinear ODEs with indefinite weight: a topological degree approach for the super-sublinear case
We study the periodic and the Neumann boundary value problems associated with
the second order nonlinear differential equation \begin{equation*} u'' + c u' +
\lambda a(t) g(u) = 0, \end{equation*} where is a
sublinear function at infinity having superlinear growth at zero. We prove the
existence of two positive solutions when and
is sufficiently large. Our approach is based on Mawhin's
coincidence degree theory and index computations.Comment: 26 page
The similarity problem for indefinite Sturm-Liouville operators and the HELP inequality
We study two problems. The first one is the similarity problem for the
indefinite Sturm-Liouville operator A=-(\sgn\, x)\frac{d}{wdx}\frac{d}{rdx}
acting in . It is assumed that w,r\in L^1_{\loc}(-b,b) are
even and positive a.e. on .
The second object is the so-called HELP inequality
where the coefficients \tilde{w},\tilde{r}\in L^1_{\loc}[0,b) are
positive a.e. on .
Both problems are well understood when the corresponding Sturm-Liouville
differential expression is regular. The main objective of the present paper is
to give criteria for both the validity of the HELP inequality and the
similarity to a self-adjoint operator in the singular case. Namely, we
establish new criteria formulated in terms of the behavior of the corresponding
Weyl-Titchmarsh -functions at 0 and at . As a biproduct of this
result we show that both problems are closely connected. Namely, the operator
is similar to a self-adjoint one precisely if the HELP inequality with
and is valid.
Next we characterize the behavior of -functions in terms of coefficients
and then these results enable us to reformulate the obtained criteria in terms
of coefficients. Finally, we apply these results for the study of the two-way
diffusion equation, also known as the time-independent Fokker-Plank equation.Comment: 42 page
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