The numbers of jump layers of boundary value problems in quasilinear differential equations (Q1201665)

The authors discuss the number of jump layers of a boundary value problem \(\varepsilon\ddot x+f(t,x)\dot x+g(t,x)=0\), \(x(0)=A\), \(x(1)=B\), \(\varepsilon\sim 0\), \(\varepsilon>0\). This discussion is conducted by use of the determinate function \[ F_ 1(t,u_ 2(t))=\int_{u_ 1(t)}^{u_ 2(t)} f(t,s)ds, \] where \(u_ 1(t)\), \(u_ 2(t)\) are solutions of the reduced equations, when \(\varepsilon=0\).