Existence of positive periodic solutions for a functional differential equation with a parameter

In this paper, we study the existence, multiplicity and nonexistence of positive ω$\omega$-periodic solutions for a kind of nonautonomous functional differential equation by employing the fixed point theorem in cones. Some new results are obtained. As an application of our results, we discuss the existence of a positive periodic solution for a class of models of blood cell production with a parameter, which has not been investigated by using previous methods.     

Existence of solutions for impulsive partial neutral functional differential equation with infinite delay

In this paper, the existence of mild solutions for first-order impulsive semilinear neutral functional differential equations with infinite delay in Banach spaces is investigated. We derive conditions in respect of the Hausdorff measure of noncompactness under which the mild solutions exist in Banach spaces. Our results improve and generalize some previous results.     

Periodic solutions for a nonautonomous ordinary differential equation

We consider the nonautonomous differential equation of second order x^″+a(t)x−b(t)x²+c(t)x³=0, where a(t),b(t),c(t) are T-periodic functions. This is a biomathematical model of an aneurysm in the circle of Willis. We prove the existence of at least two positive T-periodic solutions for this equation, using coincidence degree theories.     

The existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions for a kind of Duffing-type equation with two deviating arguments

By applying Mawhin’s continuation theorem and establishing new lemmas, some sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions were obtained for a Duffing-type equation with two deviating arguments. Moreover, an example is given to illustrate the results.     

On existence of positive periodic solutions

We present the geometric method for detecting periodic solutions of time periodic nonautonomous differential equations in interior of convex subset of euclidean space. The method is based on the Lefschetz fixed point theorem and the topological principle of Waewski. Two applications to the existence of positive periodic solutions are considered.Research supported by the KBN grant 2 P03A 040 10     

Existence of periodic solutions for a Liénard type p-Laplacian differential equation with a deviating argument

By means of Mawhin’s continuation theorem, a class of p-Laplacian type differential equation with a deviating argument of the form

(_φp(x^′(t)))^′+f(x(t))x^′(t)+β(t)g(t,x(t−τ(t,_|x|∞)))=e(t)${\left({\phi }_p\left(x^{\prime }\left(t\right)\right)\right)}^{\prime }+f\left(x\left(t\right)\right)x^{\prime }\left(t\right)+\beta \left(t\right)g(t,x(t-\tau (t,{\left|x\right|}_{\infty })))=e\left(t\right)$

A multiplicity result for periodic solutions of second order differential equations with a singularity

By the use of the Poincaré–Birkhoff fixed point theorem, we prove a multiplicity result for periodic solutions of a second order differential equation, where the nonlinearity exhibits a singularity of repulsive type at the origin and has linear growth at infinity. Our main theorem is related to previous results by Rebelo (1996, 1997)  and  and Rebelo and Zanolin (1996)  and , in connection with a problem raised by del Pino et al. (1992) [1].     

Existence of solutions of a boundary value problem on the half-line to second order nonlinear delay differential equations

By using the Schauder fixed point theorem, we establish a result for the existence of solutions of a boundary value problem on the half-line to second order nonlinear delay differential equations. We also present the application of our result to the special case of second order nonlinear ordinary differential equations as well as to a specific class of second order nonlinear delay differential equations. Moreover, we give a general example which demonstrates the applicability of our result. Received: 10 May 2004     

Periodic solutions for a kind of Liénard equation

Using inequality techniques and coincidence degree theory, new results are provided concerning the existence and uniqueness of T-periodic solutions for a Liénard equations with delay. An illustrative example is provided to demonstrate that the results in this paper hold under weaker conditions than existing results, and are more effective.     

Existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions for a p-Laplacian Duffing equation with a deviating argument

By means of Mawhin’s continuation theorem, we study a class of p-Laplacian Duffing type differential equations of the form

(_φp(x^′(t)))^′=Cx^′(t)+g(t,x(t),x(t−τ(t)))+e(t).${\left({\phi }_p\left(x^{\prime }\left(t\right)\right)\right)}^{\prime }=C{x}^{\prime }\left(t\right)+g(t,x\left(t\right),x(t-\tau \left(t\right)))+e\left(t\right)\text{.}$

Study the stability of solutions of functional differential equations via fixed points

In this paper, we study the stability properties of solutions of a class of functional differential equations with variable delay. By using the fixed point theory under an exponentially weighted metric, we obtain some interesting sufficient conditions ensuring that the zero solution of the equations is stable and asymptotically stable.     

Existence and continuation of periodic solutions of autonomous Newtonian systems

In this article, we study the existence and the continuation of periodic solutions of autonomous Newtonian systems. To prove the results we apply the infinite-dimensional version of the degree for SO(2)-equivariant gradient operators defined by the third author in Nonlinear Anal. Theory Methods Appl. 23(1) (1994) 83-102 and developed in Topol. Meth. Nonlinear Anal. 9(2) (1997) 383-417. Using the results due to Rabier [Symmetries, Topological degree and a Theorem of Z.Q. Wang, J. Math. 24(3) (1994) 1087-1115] and Wang [Symmetries and calculation of the degree, Chinese Ann. Math. 10 (1989) 520-536] we show that the Leray-Schauder degree is not applicable in the proofs of our theorems, because it vanishes.     

Existence of positive solutions for p -laplacian singular boundary value problems of functional differential equation

In this paper, the boundary value problems of p-Laplacian functional differential equation are studied. By using a fixed point theorem in cones, some criteria for the existence of positive solutions are given. Partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (011471).     

Existence of solutions for a class of abstract differential equations with nonlocal conditions

We discuss the existence of mild, classical and strict solutions for a class of abstract differential equations with nonlocal conditions. Our technical approach allows the study of partial differential equations with nonlocal conditions involving partial derivatives or nonlinear expressions of the solution. Some concrete applications to partial differential equations are considered.     

Stable phase-locked periodic solutions in a delay differential system

For a delay differential system where the nonlinearity is motivated by applications of neural networks to spatiotemporal pattern association and can be regarded as a perturbation of a step function, we obtain the existence, stability and limiting profile of a phase-locked periodic solution using an approach very much similar to the asymptotic expansion of inner and outer layers in the analytic method of singular perturbation theory.     

Existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions for a class of generalized Liénard systems with forcing term

By using topological degree theory and some analysis skills, we obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions for a class of forced generalized Liénard systems.     

Existence and multiplicity results for some elliptic systems with discontinuous nonlinearities

In this paper we complete two tasks. We first extend the critical point theorem obtained by Li and Willem [S.J. Li, M. Willem, Applications of local linking to critical point theory, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 189 (1995), 6-32] to the nonsmooth case in which the energy functional is locally Lipschitz and satisfies the weaker nonsmooth Cerami condition. Then we study some semilinear elliptic systems with discontinuous nonlinearities and obtain some existence and multiplicity results.