On the existence of a periodic solution of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation (Q1273339)

The authors investigate a planar forced system of ordinary differential equations \[ dx/dt= \mu(x,y)+ h(t),\quad dy/dt= -\nu(x,y)+ g(t),\tag{1} \] where \(h(t)\), \(g(t)\) are \(2\pi\)-periodic continuous functions, \(t\in(-\infty, \infty)\), \(\mu(x,y)\), \(\nu(x,y)\) are continuous and satisfy local Lipschitz conditions. Using the Poincaré operator, they prove the existence of at least one \(2\pi\)-periodic solution to (1). The authors apply this theorem to prove the existence of \(2\pi\)-periodic solutions to some nonlinear differential equations of second order. Moreover, they illustrate this theorem by an explicit example.