Periodic solutions of dissipative dynamical systems with singular potentials (Q2644820): Difference between revisions

The authors develop an approach based on topological degree methods to the problem of the existence of solutions of the periodic boundary value problem \(\ddot u+(d/dt)[\nabla f(u)]+\nabla g(u)=h(t),\) \(u(0)=u(T),\quad \dot u(0)=\dot u(T),\) where \(h\in L^ 1(0,T)\), \(f\in C^ 2({\mathbb{R}}^ n)\), \(g\in C^ 1({\mathbb{R}}^ n\setminus \{0\})\). It is supposed that g(u) becomes infinite as \(u\to 0\) and satisfies a condition similar to the ``strong force'' assumption of W. Gordon.