The solution of two-point boundary value problem of a class of Duffing-type systems with non-\(C^1\) perturbation term (Q1032971)

This paper generalizes some previous results obtained by the second author on the existence and uniqueness of solutions for boundary value problems of the type \[ u'' + Au + g(t,u) = h(t), \quad t \in \;(0,\pi); \;u(0) = a, \;u(\pi) = b, \] where \(u: [0,\pi] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n,\) \(A\) is a real constant diagonalizable \(n\times n\) matrix with real eigenvalues, \( g:[0,\pi] \times \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n \) is a potential Carathéodory function, \(h: [0,\pi] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n\) is continuous and \(a,b \in \mathbb{R}^n.\) The proof uses a minimax theorem of \textit{H. Wenhua} and \textit{S. Zuhe} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 63, 1199--1214 (2005; Zbl 1106.49012)] which is strongly motivated by two previous minimax theorems due to \textit{S. A. Tersian} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 10, 651--668 (1986; Zbl 0605.49007)].