Global existence and nonexistence of solutions for second-order nonlinear differential equations

This paper deals with the global existence and nonexistence of solutions of the second-order nonlinear differential equation (φ(x^′))^′+λφ(x)=0${(\phi (x^{\prime }))}^{\prime }+\lambda \phi (x)=0$ satisfying x(0)=_x0$x(0)=x_0$ and x^′(0)=_x1$x^{\prime }(0)=x_1$, where λ   is a positive parameter and φ:(−ρ,ρ)→(−σ,σ)$\phi :(-\rho ,\rho )\to (-\sigma ,\sigma )$ with 0<ρ?∞$0<\rho ?\infty$ and 0<σ?∞$0<\sigma ?\infty$ is strictly increasing odd bijective and continuous on (−ρ,ρ)$(-\rho ,\rho )$. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the initial value problem to have a unique global solution which is oscillatory and periodic. Examples are given to illustrate our main result. Finally, a nonexistence result for the equation with a damping term is discussed as an application to our result.