Existence and nonexistence of solutions for the mean curvature equation with weights

In this paper we study existence and nonexistence of positive radial solutions of a Dirichlet problem for the prescribed mean curvature operator with weights in a ball with a suitable radius. Because of the presence of different weights, possibly singular or degenerate, the problem under consideration appears rather delicate, it requires an accurate qualitative analysis of the solutions, as well as the use of Liouville type results based on an appropriate Pohozaev type identity. In addition, sufficient conditions for global solutions to be oscillatory are given.