On the generalized Liénard equation without the signum condition (Q1101866)

The author considers the system of ordinary differential equations of the forms \((I)\quad y'(t)=A(t)y(t)\) and \((II)\quad x'(t)=A(t)x(t)+F(t,x(t),(Tx)(t)),\) where x and y belong to a finite dimensional linear space Y fitted with a norm \(| \cdot |\), A(t) is a continuous function from the interval \(J\equiv <t_ 0,\infty)\) into the algebra of linear functions from Y to Y, F(t,u,v) is a function which satisfies the Caratheodory conditions and, finally, T is an operator from C(J) to Y. His aim is to give a set of sufficient conditions under which the bounded solutions of these systems satisfy one of the following relations: A) there exists a homeomorphism H from the set of solutions of (I) satisfying the boundedness conditions \(Sup| g^{-1}(t)y(t)| <\infty,\forall t\in J\) into the set of solutions of (II) satisfying the same boundedness conditions, B) for each solution of (I) cited in (A), say y(t), and the corresponding solution of (II) i.e.: \(x(t)=Hy(t)\) one has \(| g^{-1}(t)[x(t)- y(t)]| \in L_ p(J),\) C) for each x(t) and y(t) cited in (B) one has \(\lim_{t\to \infty}| g^{-1}(t)[x(t)-y(t)]| =0.\) Here g(t) stands for a given continuous regular matrix. The solution y(t) having the property cited in (A) is called g-bounded on the interval J while the solutions x(t) and y(t) satisfying (B) and (C) are called (g,p) integral equivalent and asymptotically equivalent, respectively.