Twin solutions to singular Dirichlet problems (Q1969994)

The authors consider the Dirichlet second-order boundary value problem \[ y''+ \phi(t)[g(y(t))+ h(y(t))]= 0,\quad 0< t< 1,\quad y(0)= y(1)= 0,\tag{1} \] and establish the existence of two solutions \(y_1,y_2\in C[0,1]\cap C^2(0, 1)\) with \(y_1> 0\), \(y_2> 0\) on \((0,1)\). The nonlinearity in (1) may be singular at \(y= 0\), \(t= 0\) and/or \(t= 1\).