MULTIPLE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A CLASS OF SEMIPOSITONE NEUMANN PROBLEMSWITH SINGULARφ-LAPLACIAN

We study the existence of multiple positive solutions for a Neumann problem with singular φ-Laplacian{-(φ（u′）)′= λf（u）, x ∈（0, 1）,u′（0） = 0 = u′（1）,where λ is a positive parameter, φ（s） =s/（1-s;）;, f ∈ C;（[0, ∞）, R), f′（u） > 0 for u > 0, and for some 0 < β < θ such that f（u） < 0 for u ∈ [0, β)（semipositone） and f（u） > 0 for u > β.Under some suitable assumptions, we obtain the existence of multiple positive solutions of the above problem by using the quadrature technique. Further, if f ∈ C;（[0, β） ∪（β, ∞）, R),f′′（u） ≥ 0 for u ∈ [0, β) and f′′（u） ≤ 0 for u ∈（β, ∞）, then there exist exactly 2 n + 1 positive solutions for some interval of λ, which is dependent on n and θ. Moreover, We also give some examples to apply our results.

We study the existence of multiple positive solutions for a Neumann problem with singular φ-Laplacian{-(φ(u′))′= λf(u), x ∈(0, 1),u′(0) = 0 = u′(1),where λ is a positive parameter, φ(s) =s/(1-s^2)^(1/2), f ∈ C^1([0, ∞), R), f′(u) > 0 for u > 0, and for some 0 < β < θ such that f(u) < 0 for u ∈ [0, β)(semipositone) and f(u) > 0 for u > β.Under some suitable assumptions, we obtain the existence of multiple positive solutions of the above problem by using the quadrature technique. Further, if f ∈ C^2([0, β) ∪(β, ∞), R),f′′(u) ≥ 0 for u ∈ [0, β) and f′′(u) ≤ 0 for u ∈(β, ∞), then there exist exactly 2 n + 1 positive solutions for some interval of λ, which is dependent on n and θ. Moreover, We also give some examples to apply our results.