Convergence of solutions to second-order gradient-like systems with analytic nonlinearities (Q1265083)

Let \(F: \mathbb{R}^N\to \mathbb{R}\) be analytic, and set \({\mathcal S}= \{a\in \mathbb{R}^N:\nabla F(a)= 0\}\). Assume that \(g: \mathbb{R}^N\to \mathbb{R}^N\) is locally Lipschitz and satisfies \(\langle g(v),v\rangle\geq c\| v\|^2\), \(\| g(v)\|\leq C\| v\|\), \(\forall v\in \mathbb{R}^N\), for some constants \(c\), \(C\) with \(0< c\leq C<\infty\). (Here \(\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle\) and \(\|\cdot\|\) denote the inner product and norm in \(\mathbb{R}^N\), respectively.) The authors prove that for any solution \(U\in W^{1,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^+, \mathbb{R}^N)\) to the system \(U_{tt}+ g(U_t)= \nabla F(u)\), \(t\geq 0\), there exists an \(a\in{\mathcal S}\) such that \(\lim_{t\to\infty} \{\| U_t(t)\|+\| U(t)- a\|\}= 0\).