Existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to some fully nonlinear equation in one dimension

Patricio Felmer, Norihisa Ikoma

Published 2017-07-22Version 1

In this paper, we consider the existence (and nonexistence) of solutions to \[ -\mathcal{M}_{\lambda,\Lambda}^\pm (u'') + V(x) u = f(u) \quad {\rm in} \ \mathbf{R} \] where $\mathcal{M}_{\lambda,\Lambda}^+$ and $\mathcal{M}_{\lambda,\Lambda}^-$ denote the Pucci operators with $0< \lambda \leq \Lambda < \infty$, $V(x)$ is a bounded function, $f(s)$ is a continuous function and its typical example is a power-type nonlinearity $f(s) =|s|^{p-1}s$ $(p>1)$. In particular, we are interested in positive solutions which decay at infinity, and the existence (and nonexistence) of such solutions is proved.