Existence and multiplicity results for some nonlinear problems with singular phi-Laplacian

Using Leray-Schauder degree theory we obtain various existence and multiplicity results for nonlinear boundary value problems (phi(u'))' = f (t, u, u'), l(u, u') = 0 where l(u, u') = 0 denotes the Dirichlet, periodic or Neumann boundary conditions on [0, T], phi:]-a, a[ --> R is an increasing homeomorphism, phi(0) = 0. The Difichlet problem is always solvable. For Neumann or periodic boundary conditions, we obtain in particular existence conditions for nonlinearities which satisfy some sign conditions, upper and lower solutions theorems, Ambrosetti-Prodi type results. We prove Lazer-Solimini type results for singular nonlinearities and periodic boundary conditions. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved