On the distribution of zeros of solutions of first order delay differential equations

This paper contains new estimates for the distance between adjacent zeros of solutions of the first order delay differential equation

x^′(t)+p(t)x(t−τ)=0     

Solutions of second-order and fourth-order ODEs on the half-line

We start by studying the existence of positive solutions for the differential equation

u^″=a(x)u−g(u),     

Half-linear ODE and modified Riccati equation: Comparison theorems, integral characterization of principal solution

In this paper, we study the half-linear differential equation with one-dimensional p-Laplacian

(r(t)Φ_p(x^′))^′+c(t)Φ_p(x)=0,     

Periodic solutions for a higher order p-Laplacian neutral functional differential equation with a deviating argument

In this paper, a higher order p-Laplacian neutral functional differential equation with a deviating argument:

[φ_p([x(t)−c(t)x(t−σ)]⁽ⁿ⁾)]^(m)+f(x(t))x^′(t)+g(t,x(t−τ(t)))=e(t)     

Periodic solutions for a Rayleigh type p-Laplacian equation with sign-variable coefficient of nonlinear term

As p-Laplacian equations have been widely applied in the field of fluid mechanics and nonlinear elastic mechanics, it is necessary to investigate the periodic solutions of functional differential equations involving the scalar p-Laplacian. By using Lu’s continuation theorem, which is an extension of Manásevich-Mawhin, we study the existence of periodic solutions for a Rayleigh type p-Laplacian equation

(φ_p(x^′(t)))^′+f(x^′(t))+g₁(x(t-τ₁(t,|x|_∞)))+β(t)g₂(x(t-τ₂(t,|x|_∞)))=e(t).     

Periodic solutions for Liénard type p-Laplacian equation with a deviating argument

In this paper, we use the coincidence degree theory to establish new results on the existence of T-periodic solutions for the Liénard type p-Laplacian equation with a deviating argument of the form:

(_?p(x^′(t)))^′+f(x(t))x^′(t)+g(t,x(t-τ(t)))=e(t).$({?}_p(x^{\prime }(t)){)}^{\prime }+f(x(t))x^{\prime }(t)+g(t,x(t-\tau (t)))=e(t)\text{.}$

The stability of the equilibrium of the damped oscillator with damping changing sign

In this paper, we prove a sufficient and necessary condition for the stability of the equilibrium x=x^′=0 of the damped oscillator with damping changing sign

     

Oscillation and nonoscillation of second order differential equations with delay depending on the unknown function

Oscillation and nonoscillation of the second order differential equation with delay depending on the unknown function

(r(t)x^′(t))^′+f(t,x(t),x(?(t,x(t))))=0$(r(t)x^{\prime }(t){)}^{\prime }+f(t,x(t),x(?(t,x(t))))=0$

New results of periodic solutions for forced Rayleigh-type equations

In this paper, we use the coincidence degree theory to establish new results on the existence and uniqueness of T$T$-periodic solutions for a kind of forced Rayleigh equation of the form

x^″+f(t,x^′(t))+g(t,x(t))=e(t).$x^{″}+f(t,x^{\prime }\left(t\right))+g(t,x\left(t\right))=e\left(t\right)\text{.}$

Optimal conditions of solvability of nonlocal problems for second-order ordinary differential equations

For the differential equation

u^″=f(t,u)     

Darboux integrability and the inverse integrating factor

We mainly study polynomial differential systems of the form dx/dt=P(x,y), dy/dt=Q(x,y), where P and Q are complex polynomials in the dependent complex variables x and y, and the independent variable t is either real or complex. We assume that the polynomials P and Q are relatively prime and that the differential system has a Darboux first integral of the form

     

Existence of solutions for a cantilever beam problem

We are concerned with the fourth-order nonuniform cantilever beam problem

(I(x)WΔ∇(x)⁾Δ∇=f(x,W(x)),     

Existence theorems for a class of nonlocal differential equations

A class of nonlocal second-order ordinary differential equations of the form

y^″(x)=f(x,y(x),(y○λ)(x),y^′(x))     

Asymptotic properties of solutions of certain third-order dynamic equations

In this paper, the well known oscillation criteria due to Hille and Nehari for second-order linear differential equations will be generalized and extended to the third-order nonlinear dynamic equation

(r₂(t)((r₁(t)x^Δ(t))^Δ)^γ)^Δ+q(t)f(x(t))=0     

Average value problems in ordinary differential equations

Using Schauder's fixed point theorem, with the help of an integral representation in ‘Sharp conditions for weighted 1-dimensional Poincaré inequalities’, Indiana Univ. Math. J., 49 (2000) 143-175, by Chua and Wheeden, we obtain existence and uniqueness theorems and ‘continuous dependence of average condition’ for average value problem:

y^′=F(x,y),     

Invariant tori for a reversible oscillator with a nonlinear damping and periodic forcing term

In this paper, the boundedness of all solutions of the oscillator

x^″+f(x,x^′)+ω²x+?(x)=p(t)$x^{″}+f(x,x^{\prime })+{\omega }^{2}x+?(x)=p(t)$

On a nonlinear eigenvalue problem in ODE

In this paper we shall study the following variant of the logistic equation with diffusion:

−du^″(x)=g(x)u(x)−u²(x)     

The existence of positive solutions for some nonlinear boundary value problems with linear mixed boundary conditions

In this paper we study the existence of positive solutions of the equation

(φ(x^′)^)′+a(t)f(x(t))=0,     

Local invertible analytic solution of a functional differential equation with deviating arguments depending on the state derivative

This paper is concerned with a functional differential equation of the form

x^′(z)=1/x(az+bx^′(z))