Nonnegative doubly periodic solutions for nonlinear telegraph system (Q2473866)

The authors are concerned with the system of nonlinear telegraph equations \[ \begin{aligned} u_{tt}-u_{xx}+c_{1}u_{t}+a_{11}(t,x)u+a_{12}(t,x)v & =b_{1} (t,x)f(t,x,u,v),\\ v_{tt}-v_{xx}+c_{2}v_{t}+a_{21}(t,x)u+a_{22}(t,x)v & =b_{2}(t,x)g(t,x,u,v), \end{aligned} \] where \(c_{1}\) and \(c_{2}\) are positive constants, \(a_{11},a_{22},b_{1} ,b_{2}\in C\left( \mathbb{R}^{2},\mathbb{R}^{+}\right) ,\) \(a_{12},a_{21}\in C\left( \mathbb{R}^{2},\mathbb{R}^{-}\right) ,\) \(f,g\in C\left( \mathbb{R}^{2}\times\mathbb{R}^{+}\times\mathbb{R}^{+},\mathbb{R}^{+}\right) ,\) and all functions are \(2\pi\)-periodic in \(t\) and \(x,\) with doubly periodic boundary conditions \[ \begin{aligned} u(t+2\pi,x) & =u(t,x+2\pi)=u(t,x),\qquad(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^{2},\\ v(t+2\pi,x) & =v(t,x+2\pi)=v(t,x),\qquad(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^{2}. \end{aligned} \] By using the fixed point theorem for cones, the existence and multiplicity results are established in the case where \(0\leq a_{ii}(t,x)\leq c_{i}^{2}/4\) and \(f,g\) are superlinear (sublinear) in \(u\) and \(v.\)