We consider an equationunder the following assumptions on q:Let v (respectively u) be a positive non-decreasing (respectively non-increasing) solution of (1) such thatThese properties determine u and v up to mutually inverse positive constant factors, and the function ρ(x) = u(x)v(x), x ∈ R, is uniquely determined by q. In the present paper, we obtain an asymptotic formula for computing ρ(x) as |x| → ∞. As an application, under conditions (2), we study the behavior at infinity of solution of the Riccati equation