Periodic solutions of dissipative dynamical systems with singular potentials (Q2644820)

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.