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Positive Solutions to Singular Boundary Value Problems with Sign Changing Nonlinearities on the Half-Line via Upper and Lower Solutions

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This paper presents a lower and upper solution technique for singular second order boundary value problems on the half line.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Shandong Normal University, Ji’nan 250014, P. R. China

    Bao Qiang Yan

  2. Department of Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Donal O’regan

  3. Department of Mathematical Science, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL32901, USA

    Ravi P. Agarwal

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The project is supported by the Fund of Outstanding Middle-aged Scientists of Shandong Province

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Yan, B.Q., O’regan, D. & Agarwal, R.P. Positive Solutions to Singular Boundary Value Problems with Sign Changing Nonlinearities on the Half-Line via Upper and Lower Solutions. Acta Math Sinica 23, 1447–1456 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10114-005-0822-z

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