STATEMENT OF THE MAIN RESULTSWe consider the differential equation1) where α 0 ∈ {−1, 1}, p : [a, ω[ → ]0, +∞[ (−∞ < a < ω ≤ +∞) is a continuous function, and ϕ : ]0, y 0 ] → ]0, +∞[ is a twice continuously differentiable function satisfying the conditions lim y→+0 ϕ(y) = either 0 or + ∞, lim y→+0 yϕ (y) ϕ (y) = σ ∈ {0, ±∞}. (1.2) By conditions (1.2), lim y→+0 yϕ (y) ϕ(y) = σ + 1, (1.3)and hence the function ϕ(y) admits the representationIf ϕ(y) = |y| σ+1 sgn y (σ = 0), then Eq. (1.1) is called a generalized Emden-Fowler equation. The problem on the asymptotics of all possible types of its nonoscillating solutions was considered in detail in [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].For α 0 = 1, σ > 0, and ω = +∞, sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions of Eq. (1.1) decaying at infinity were obtained in [8,9] for the case in which ϕ(y) is different from |y| σ+1 sgn y and in a sense close to functions of the form (1.4). For any solution y(t) of this kind, two-sided asymptotic estimates for the ratio y(t)/ϕ(y(t)) as t → +∞ were also obtained.A solution y :The aim of the present paper is to establish [under conditions (1.2) and for arbitrary α 0 and ω] not only sufficient but also necessary conditions for the existence of P 0 ω (λ 0 )-solutions of Eq. (1.1) such that λ 0 ∈ {0, 1, ±∞} and find exact asymptotic formulas for y(t)/ϕ(y(t)) and y (t) as t → ω−0.In what follows, we use the auxiliary notation π ω (t) = t for ω = +∞ t − ω for ω < +∞, I(t) = t Aω p(τ )π ω (τ )dτ, Φ(y) = y Y0 dz ϕ(z) , (1.6)