Title: Existence and nonexistence of positive solutions to some fully nonlinear equation in one dimension,
Abstract: 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.