Periodic solutions for a kind of second order neutral functional differential equations

In this paper, criteria are established for the existence of periodic solutions to a second order sublinear neutral differential equation. Our method is based on careful a priori estimation and continuation theorem, and our sublinear condition is an improvement of the boundedness condition in some recent results.     

Periodic solutions for higher order differential equations with deviating argument

By using the coincidence degree theory of Mawhin, we study the existence of periodic solutions for higher order differential equations with deviating argument . Some new results on the existence of periodic solutions of the equations are obtained. Meanwhile, an example is given to illustrate our results.     

Study of singular boundary value problems for second order impulsive differential equations

This paper studies the existence of extremal solutions for a class of singular boundary value problems of second order impulsive differential equations. By using the method of upper and lower solutions and the monotone iterative technique, criteria of the existence of extremal solutions are established.     

Periodic solutions with nonconstant sign in Abel equations of the second kind

The study of periodic solutions with constant sign in the Abel equation of the second kind can be made through the equation of the first kind. This is because the situation is equivalent under the transformation x?x−1, and there are many results available in the literature for the first kind equation. However, the equivalence breaks down when one seeks for solutions with nonconstant sign. This note is devoted to periodic solutions with nonconstant sign in Abel equations of the second kind. Specifically, we obtain sufficient conditions to ensure the existence of a periodic solution that shares the zeros of the leading coefficient of the Abel equation. Uniqueness and stability features of such solutions are also studied.     

Periodic solutions of a second order forced sublinear differential equation with delay

In this paper, existence criteria are established for the existence of periodic solutions of a second order sublinear differential equation with delay and forcing function. Our method is based on careful a priori estimation and continuation theorems, and our sublinear condition is an improvement of the boundedness condition in some recent results.     

Oscillation criteria for second order nonlinear neutral differential equations

By refining the standard integral averaging technique, we obtain new oscillation criteria for a class of second order nonlinear neutral differential equations of the form

(r(t)(x(t)+p(t)x(t-τ))^′)^′+q(t)f(x(t),x(σ(t)))=0.     

Existence and approximation of solutions for discontinuous functional differential equations

In this paper existence of solutions of initial value problems for discontinuous functional differential equations is investigated firstly. By applying the method of upper and lower solutions, which may be discontinuous, some existence results of extremal solutions are obtained. Furthermore, we also develop a monotone iterative technique for obtaining extremal solutions which are obtained as limits of monotone sequences.     

Oscillation criteria for second order forced ordinary differential equations with mixed nonlinearities

We present new oscillation criteria for the second order forced ordinary differential equation with mixed nonlinearities:

     

On solutions of second and fourth order elliptic equations with power-type nonlinearities

We study second and fourth order semilinear elliptic equations with a power-type nonlinearity depending on a power p$p$ and a parameter λ>0$\lambda >0$. For both equations we consider Dirichlet boundary conditions in the unit ball B⊂Rⁿ$B\subset {\mathbb{R}}^n$. Regularity of solutions strictly depends on the power p$p$ and the parameter λ$\lambda$. We are particularly interested in the radial solutions of these two problems and many of our proofs are based on an ordinary differential equation approach.     

Periodic solutions for a class of new superquadratic second order Hamiltonian systems

A new superquadratic growth condition is introduced, which is an extension of the well-known superquadratic growth condition due to P.H. Rabinowitz and the nonquadratic growth condition due to Gui-Hua Fei. An existence theorem is obtained for periodic solutions of a class of new superquadratic second order Hamiltonian systems by the minimax methods in critical point theory, specially, a local linking theorem.     

Nonlinear boundary value problems for discontinuous delayed differential equations

In this paper nonlinear boundary value problems for discontinuous delayed differen- tial equations are considered. Some existence and boundedness results of solutions are obtained via the method of upper and lower solutions, which may be discontinuous. Our analysis can be applied to those phenomena from physics and control theory which have been successfully described by delayed differential equations with discontinuous functions, such as electric, pneu- matic, and hydraulic networks. It is also an important step to precede the design of control signals when finite-time or practical stability control are concerned.     

Growth of solutions of second order linear differential equations

This paper is devoted to studying the growth of solutions of equations of type f^″+h(z)eazf^′+Q(z)f=H(z) where h(z), Q(z) and H(z) are entire functions of order at most one. We prove four theorems of such type, improving previous results due to Gundersen and Chen.     

Nonoscillation and oscillation of second order half-linear differential equations

We study the oscillation problems for the second order half-linear differential equation ^′[p(t)Φ(x^′)]+q(t)Φ(x)=0, where Φ(u)=|u|^r−1u with r>0, 1/p and q are locally integrable on R₊; p>0, q?0 a.e. on R₊, and . We establish new criteria for this equation to be nonoscillatory and oscillatory, respectively. When p≡1, our results are complete extensions of work by Huang [C. Huang, Oscillation and nonoscillation for second order linear differential equations, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 210 (1997) 712-723] and by Wong [J.S.W. Wong, Remarks on a paper of C. Huang, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 291 (2004) 180-188] on linear equations to the half-linear case for all r>0. These results provide corrections to the wrongly established results in [J. Jiang, Oscillation and nonoscillation for second order quasilinear differential equations, Math. Sci. Res. Hot-Line 4 (6) (2000) 39-47] on nonoscillation when 0<r<1 and on oscillation when r>1. The approach in this paper can also be used to fully extend Elbert's criteria on linear equations to half-linear equations which will cover and improve a partial extension by Yang [X. Yang, Oscillation/nonoscillation criteria for quasilinear differential equations, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 298 (2004) 363-373].     

Multiple periodic solutions for second order systems with changing sign potential

This paper deals with the multiplicity of solutions of a second order nonautonomous system. We extend a previous result of the author relaxing the assumptions on the sign of the potential.