The nonlinear eigenvalue problem
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for 0 ≤ x < ∞, fixed p ∈ (1, ∞), and with y′(0)/y(0) specified, is studied under conditions on q related to those of Brinck and Mol
anov. Topics include Sturmian results, connections between problems on finite intervals and the half-line, and variational principles.